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February 16, 1928 McCORMICfC MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Page .Number Eight Mrs. B. M. Mayson tod dfafidren ff, , .. have recently visited her mother, Mr». E. M. Whatley. , Mrs. J. 1*. Cidbreath, Mrs. Alice Dusts and Miss Lenora Whatley spent a day last wefk with Mrs R. T. West. Mrs. Kathryn Hughey, Mrs. L. ^E. White, Miss Lenora Whatley and Mrs. R, T. West have recently spent a day with Mrs. J. Z. Rhearden. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hasting of Epworth were in this section one- da^ Parnell, Sr. last week. V A Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Seigler were the community one day last Mrs. Janie Morgan and Mrs. E. M. Morgan called to, see Mrs". Doolittle and Miss Mar£ Christie one after* ndon this week. .''Mis* Tfuler Wtnn, the sweet Kt- tle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P* Wini^. celebrated &er ninth birthday recently by inviting- her little school mates to play games with her. After Pfim «hd the little folks tired play, they were invited into the fining room where delightful refreshments wens" served. • i^Several of the older sunbeams leaving the band for the B. Y. P. U. Stl day night and Sunday with Mr W it! Parnell of near Anderson. Mrs. H. M. Bouchillon and grand daughter, Claire, of this place en joyed Friday night w th Mr. and Mrs. J. T. lindley and family. Mr. and Mrs. A.. L. Moragne and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs W. B. Nickles of Hodges. ^Misg Minnie Lindley spent Sunday with Mrs. P. B. Parnell. Mrs. Rant Brown of Greenwood is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. B. Parnell, Jr., of this place. Misses Ollie and Lollie Wideman spent Saturday night and . Sunday with their grandmother, Mrs. P. B -txt- NEWS for new officers was ^ and '/Frances i, secretary and treasurer. The of the sunbeams.of Rehohoth is > something for some one every year. They have recent- a memory book, for a sick They mean to send card and ether things that will are real sunbeams for . • > E. M. Morgan and little Ray- are spending, the week end with in the' Ph ; llippi section, little, cabbag^ plants put. out the last cold spell are looking these warm sunshiny days. . J/P. 'Cttlbert took' off over hundred Jncubator chicks last jwlp^ylltitecess- with incubators, and incubator ,>'VV :s ■ 'V>. ;• ", to report Mr. W. R.' Gil- hiu». been ^aite la^: week, glad he is better n6w. Little Ray 'haa^also be^fic^ and Mrs. Roy Harling visited tme^day. last wigeky. Mrs. G. Gwmner' is spending Some- o with her sick brother, Mr. W. Gilchrist Groaber ^ mak- her home in Atlanta now. W. A., and E. M. Winn 1 Mrs. W, R. Giichrst Friday '. and Mrs. C. C. Morgan and Charles spent Sunday at Wood- Miss t Rtoy Jackson of the Phit- sectlon is spending a week with The oat crop has been so badly damaged thSt it is necessary for far mers to plant early spring feed crops to supplant the supply of oats. It won’t be long before wild, flow ers will be scenting the air with a profusion of wonderful perfume odors in this section. .. , M|. A. V., Bussey was a week end visitor to relatives in Augusta. Misses Georgia Reese, Lake Mid dleton and Nina ;.Edmunds were the guests Saturday night to Misses Rosalie and Lucy Bussey. Mr. Hill Hornsby from Clarks Hiil spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pat McDaniel. mi Homer Bussey of Augusta nade a short visit here Sunday even ing to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bussey. ( ' Mr. H. J. .Bussey was a bus ness visitor to McCorinick Saturday even ing. Mrs. J. G. Robertson, Mr. Fuller Robertson and Mrs. John.Grant from Avondale, N. C., were week end vis itors here to the former’s daughter, Mrs! P L. McDaniel. Miss Alva Me Darnel spent the week ond here with homefolks. J v Messrs. Ernest and Cliff Reese wc-o visitors to -Augusta Sunday n’ght. ' Mrs.{ Dj B. Crawford and Mr. and Mrs., Milledge Crawford from Cliff- side, ; If.. Q^ ar> ponding a few days here among relatives and friends. ; Mr. and Mre. Pat McDaniel are bappy over the arrival of; a little girl baby who was born .unto them the 13th. Her r.ame will he' Bessie Vlr-i gin'a. * I * Modoc, txt- J*,? cousin, Npra.) E. k M. Morgan. ■ Rehobot|iA NEWS -Misses Alma and Mary Lindley sppnt Saturday with Misses Bennie and Pauline McKinney. Mrs. J. F. Singleton and son. Mr. J. T«, and Mrs. L. A. Hoffman spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Creight Brown of near McCormick. Mr. Dock Lindley «pent j Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Georgfc Lindley. . “ Mrs. H. M. Bouchillon and grand daughter, Clair, visited Claire’s fa ther, Mr. Joe Bouchillon, of Savan nah, Ga., last week who is very ill. Mrs. L. A. Hoffman Mrs. J. T. Singleton Misses Corrie and Alma lindley and Bennie McKinney, were in McCormick Friday • Mrs. George Wideman spent awhile Monday evening with Mrs. B. F. Hodges. Miss Minnie Lindley Spent Satur day night with her grandmother, Mrs. J. F. Singleton. Mesdames. G. W. Cade and J. F. Singleton spent awhile with Mrs. W. R. McKinney Friday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parnell, Jr., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rftjit Brown of Greenwood. ^ Mr. Willie Mitchell is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bouchillon of Greenwood. * Mrs. C. D. Gibert and children •pent Saturday evening with Mrs. W. R. McKinney. Misses Minnie and Frances lindley and Sarah Gibert spent Wednesday night with their teacher, Mrs. G. W. Cade. Mr. George Hoffman is visiting relatives near Shreveport, La. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Perryman and daughter, Ruth, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bouchillon and daughter Blanche of Greenwood. Mrs. C. D. Gibert and two drei? k Marie and Virginia Ms Miss Elizabeth Wideman are tog a few weeks with relatives in Iva Mr. Thoma< V alley : ■ ■ - As Film Setting “The Understanding Heart” Partial’ ly Filmed In Scenic Wonderland. '- “The deepest picture setting, in the wo* Id” has been filmed, as a back- p'ound with niiles of space before it, in the ,j)ri)ductiojT of • ^*The under stand'ng Heart,” which is coming to the Dixie Theatre on Friday and Sat urday, February 17th and 18th, at 7:45 p. m., as a Cosmopolitan pro duction, based qn Peter B. Kyne’s famous novel. It." takes in miles of scenery at a glance, at the end of miles of space, one of the strangest tasks ever assigned a motion pic ture camera. The “set” is the whole view of Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, the p : nnacle at the end of the famous California scenic wonderland Overlooking all the famous spots of the valley. ^ "Aside* from being a remarkable lens feat, the task involved daring Work on the part of cameraman technicians and actors. Cameras and equipment had to be hauled by burros over the “old trail,” a narrow and dangerous roadway in the sides of gigantic crags where a nrsstep might spell* dedth. In some cases r opes were used to haul the cameras up the sides of cliffs. El Capitan, Bridal Veil Falls, and other scenic spots in the “Valley of Sublimity,” immortalized by John Muir, are also used as backgrounds for the new drama, the interiors of- which were filmed at the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studios. The cast includes Joan Crawford, Carmel My- er^, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Rock- liffe Fellowes, Jerry Miley, Richard Carle and Harvey Clark. It was di rected by Jack Conway, director of ‘Brown of Harvard,” and other suc cesses. According to Conway, the gorge from Inspiration Point is the deep est forge ever successfully photo graphed. Only the extremely clear air of the valley made the feat pee* sible. John Amok|, photographer of “The Big Parade” and “The Fire Bri-, gade,” did the camera work. X The South holds the highest record for number of fires and area of grasslandand woodland homed. For- ig a very important .the South’s inJos- prosperity. Tim- valuable nat- be The Aims Of Co-op erative Marketing Tba national prosperity requires a strong and stable rural community. The primary objective of the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co-opera tive Association is to improve the economic and social welfare of South Carolina farmers by contributing to a fuller realization of the policy of better farming, better business and better living. The aims of the Co operatives may be briefly summariz ed as follows: 1. Substitute Co-operative Mar keting for private or joint stock compares. Co-operative associa tions differ radically in many ways from the average private or joint stock company. One important dis tinguishing characteristic is that the former is owned and controlled by and operated for the benefit of those who patronize it, whereas, the latter is owned and controlled by and op erated for the benefit of a few in-, dividuals. Another distinguishing feature is that the individuals bene fit from a co-operative association in proportion to ’ their patronage, whereas; in the case of joint stock institutions individuals benefit in proportion to the r capital invest ment. Another noteworthy feature of a co-operative is that every mem ber has an equal voice in the man agement of the affahs of his asso ciation. In the * case of private es tablishments of joint stock compan ies the degree of control exercised by individuals is proportional to th'' amount of s tock the/ bold. 2. Increase t he farmers’ independ ence and income by giving him a voice in the selling of his ’crop. It stands to reason that jsl well manag ed co-operative association with con trol of a large volume of cotton can get appreciably better returns for its members than can the average in dividual farmer by selling his cotton In a haphazard manner. Some of the reasons are: The co-operative has the latest and most up-to-date infor mation on . present and probable fu ture cotton production a id consump tion in all countries and on pricee in all markets. The average far mer -has little or no information of tlqs kind and could not use it ef fectively if’ he l*acL Many farmers havp to sell their cottpn regardless of market conditions—the Co-opera tive does npt. The Co-operative has 4 well trained and experienced sales men .who can unquestionably sell its members’ cotton to better advantage than the individual isolated producer. 3. Reduce the margin between the producer and the consumer. By hav ing a large volume of cotton passing through its Warehouses the Co-op- eratwes have reduced marketing costs appreciably. In other words, the large turn-over of the pool en ables it to take advantage of the economies Of large scale production. Labor, management, rent, interest, insurance, depreciation and other necessary charges per bale handled are materially lower under the Co operatives than under the old plan. 4. Secure for the farmer the max imum net returns for his crop. Un der the old order the farmer got the locaf market price for his cotton and all profits went to private ind vidu- als. Under the Co-operatives’ plan the farmer gets what the spinner pays, minus only tho proper market ing charges. Under the old plan many individuals got large profits. Under the Cooperatives’ plan there are no profits, as the farmer gets the price paid by the spinner minus only the actual costs of transfer r ng the cotton from the country to the spinner. The large profits mad6 from classing and selling in large lots which formerly went to private dealers are now Teturned to the far mer in the form of higher net prices. 5. Insures the farmer against the losses and uncertainty due to chang ing market prices. Under the old plan some farmers got top prices, some bottom prices,- and many got prices ranging in between these two extremes. Under the new order all the cotton farmers get the same price for the same quality cC pro duct rgaxdless of when they deliver their cotton There is no uncc 1 ainty, as all members are assured r - ir av erage price for the crop yc ,r. Be fore the Co-operatives begc”’ to op erate farmers never knew v/l:m to sell their cotton. When th' market was rising farmers thought it would rise still further and held the ’r cot ton. When the market was falling farmers got scared and, th nkiqg it would drop still lower, sold th hr cot ton, which of course sent prices tumbling down. The farmer can for get about the market and attend to his farming operations as he knows full well his cotton will be sold by experts to good advantage and that he will get a fair average price for it. The Co-operative method of sell ing cotton may be properly looked upon as a form of insurance. The individual farmer ij insured against heavy loss due to falling markets, and the cost of such insurance is very small when it is distributed over the members. Under the old plan the speculators bore the risk due to fluc tuating markets and very frequently •specially when prices went up, ex tracted handsome sums for their ser vices. Under the new order th' en tire group of co-operative members bear the risk of falling prices, and reaps tho gains of raising prices which formerly went to spectators. 6. By bringing together a large number of farmers to work together fc o their mutual advantage the co-op- 'mat ve adds appreciably to the far mers’ social life. By encouraging gatherings of farmers the co-opera tives have done something to over come the greatest of all barriers to effective organization—isolation of the farmers. 7. To increase the consumption of cotton by opening up and onaintain- ’ng new Outlets and new uses. Any increase in consumption means greater demand, and greater demand always means better prices. 8. To give every encouragement to the extension of better farming methods. By keeping the farmers posted on the most up-to-date and improved methods of farming, in4 eluding soil tillage, the use of good seed, crop rotation, weed control etc., tho co-operatives will render a valuable serv : ce to its rpembers. In order to render this service we will co-operate to the fullest possible ex tent and all the agencies in working for a better and more prosperous agriculture. 9. In a word the Co-operatives aim to improve the farmers’ stand ard of living. Co-operation Is ^Economically Sound Co-operative:; opponents often say tha* co-operation v’olates economic principles and is contrary to sound business ^practice. Nothing could be farther from the truth. There is no conflict between business and opera- tior. In fact, co-operat : on is simp ly the only suitable method of devel oping i n agr’culture large scale bus iness organizations. It is the only feasible plan which makes possible the use of sound business practices in selling and distributing the pro ducts of innumerable small produc ing units. It is nonsense to speak of co-operation being contrary to eco* nonyc principles. What could be bet ter economy than having one man do what many did before, or have one modern plant handle what a number of old plants handled, or one effici ent staff do what many small staffs did ? Agr’cultu; al co-operation is not opposed to good business in'any sense of the word—it is an attempt on the part of agricultural producers to copy big business methods and se cure the economic gains of large scale production and organization. Prices Determined By Supply And Demand. It is true that prices are determin ed to a large extent by a group of forces which make up demand and a group of forces which make up sup ply. No good co-operator will deny the validity of this statement. How- fevc-4, many co-operatives have some thing to do with determining some of these forces. The old notion that the price is determined under free competition by a large number of in dividual offers and sales needs to be modified to be true of the price of many agricultural commodities. Questions To Be Answered By Opponents. How would tho opponents of co operation (now happily limited to those who have been getting what co-operat'on is now giving to the farmers), answer these questions. 1. Why is agricultural co-opora- tien taught in every up-to-date agri cultural institution in America? * % 2. Why do the departments of eco nomics (manned by trained econom ists) in most universities encourage and assist agricultural co-operative societies ? 3. Why has the United States De partment of Agricultural Economics fostered and assisted co-operative enterprises for years? 4. Why has Fhe United States re cently established a department of Co-operation with an annual appro priation of $250,000.00? 5. Why ar# county agents, uni versity axtension departments and dapMtMMMfci of rural sociology ac- tliraly zagaged in co-operative organ- faattost 6. Why do business men, bankers, noted financiers, chambers of com merce (those where the influence of private cotton traders is not predom- : rant) and numerous other disinter ested parties endorse co-operative marketing ? The answer to the above questions is of course that the encouragement of agricultural organization and co operation is in iuU.re.»to of the national welfare. South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Association, Columbia, South Carolina. National Essay Cotton Contest Conducted By The American Cotton Growers Exchange And South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co- ' eperative Association 1. Fourteen educational prize trips to Memphis, Tennessee, to the State Champions of the follbwing states: Alabama Arkansas, Arizona, Cali- forn ia. Illinois. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. 2. Cash Awards: 1st. prize Narional essay __$75.00- 2nd. prize National essay __ 50.00 3rd. prize National essay __ 25.00 3. Medals: Beuatiful medals will be awarded to each state winner who L al"s part in the National Contest. Any State Association in the American Cotton Exchange is eligi ble to compete in the National Con test provided as many as three hun dred essays are submitted in the State Contest conducted by that As sociation: Exceptions to th s rule are made in the case of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri and Illinois. Califonva, New Mexico and Arizona will b' eligible to compete prov’ded as many as three hundred essays are submitted from within the three states. Missouii and Illinois will be eligible to compete provided any ore county submits as many as one hundred essays. Rules Of The Contest. 1. Who may compete: Any wh r te boy or girl not over 21 years of ag'. who has not had more than a h gh school education. 2. When essays must be written: On or before April 20th, 1928, in the presence of the teacher county su perintendent,'county agent, or home derrorstratlon agent. 3. The subject shall be: Co-opera- tivs Marketing an it Affects the Cot ton Farmer. 4. Each essay shall be not more than two thousand words in length 5. Not more than three hours shall be allowed for the actual writing of the essay. 6. Essays must be written in ink or on a typewriter and on one side of the paper only. 7. Contestants shall have access to no material other than pen, ink, or typewriter, ard paper during the three hour period which may be fje- vo$ed to the actdal writing of the essay. . / . 8. The following items should ap pear on the upper left band corner of the first page of the essay: (a) Name and age and sex of con testant. (b) Town (post office.) (c) County. (d) Name of school. (e) Grade in school. (f) Name of person under whom essa/ was written. (g) Name of contestant must ap pear on each sheet. In grading the contestants who compete at Memphis, each contestant will deliver or recite h ; s or her essay before a group of judges. In deter mining the standing of th& contest ants, the following score card will be used: 1. Subject matter 50 per cent 2. Arrangement 25 per cent 3. Delivery 25 per cent National Essay Contest Commit tee: Alox S. Foreman. Sallisaw, Okla.; L. F. McKay, Memphis, Tenn., Secretary-Treasurer American Cot ton Growers Exchange; N. C. Will iamson, Mil ken, La.; and R. O. JVIc- Cutchen, Bishopville, S. C. An additional prizo will be given by the South Carolina‘Cotton Grow ers’ Co-operative Association to the school which has the largest number of pupils that write an essay and partie pate in the contest. This prize will Jbo $25.00 to be used in purchas ing for the school’s library the best books obtainable for the money on Co-operative Marketihg. For additional information write the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co-operative ■ Association,' Columbia, S. C. txx News For The Farmer M. L. Wilson, agricultural eco nomist of the Montana experimental station quoted in a news item, states that two-thirds of Montana’s 1927 wheat crop was raised on tractor farms, of which there are now 7,000 in the state. Spsafering of V ~ im provement in efficiency thror h use of the tractor he says. Three years ago there were few f rmers anywhere in the world who p j bleed wheat with less than eight hours of man labor to the acre. Today many weii-ofgaulzcd, efficitm tractor/wheat farms with § Folks Used To “Chip In” In the days before depend able lire insurance neighbors used to “chip in” to help a vic tim of fire get started again. Today this entire nation has learned that the Hartford fire Insurance Company Policy is a less expensive and a far more practicable way of paying fire losses. That is a Service that counts. Call or phone, Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE NO. 66 McCormick, S. C. WANT ADVS. I ACT or strayed one sorrel horse w th white mane and tail, about eight years old. If found noti fy Joe Whitten, R. F. D., Abbeville, S. C. 2 tpo. FOR SALE _ 400 bus ^ , H “ t : ings; 100 bushel Oats, 90 cents per bushel, f. o. b, Troy, S. C. Bright' Pea Hay $25.00; Oats Straw $15.00; Oats and Vetch $25.00. W. M. Bowen, Troy, S C. 2t. WANTED- M " c a h ttl ^ 0 7 r and s ®: e h f Chltic* «J* L* Smith,. McCbtfrlick, S. C. WANTRI)—hooks for boys. Any personal dona tion would ba highly appreciated. E. A. Wilkes, Plum Branch S. G. PAP D AI P—Seventeen Acres of * VrT Land, Northwest McCormick, known as DtfvTi Lane Two good houses and one barn. For particulars apply W. W. and Newton R. Pinson, executors of the will of Mr. L. M. Pinson, Lir.colton, Ga., R. 6, Box 69. 4 tpo. FORSAlE _c, “ b ,“” $25.00. Perfect conditioil. Mona M* Jefferson, I^eriwether, S. C. H MSTITCHING —and Picotin*r 10 cents per yard;'-' Special attention to mail orders. Mrs. J. H. Bush, Box 4, Mc Cormick, S. C. FOR SALE-^^r'^ per ton. S. C. Rich Cowan, Bordeaux, 4tpo. FOR SALE^-r: STi acity. One Belle City Brooder 500- capac’ty. Will take $25 for both. Good as new. Mrs. Bertha Harris,. McGormick, S. C. LOCALMARKET COTTON— Middling 18 Strict Middling 18 1-4 Good Middling 18 1-2 Cotton Seed, bu. 60 eta Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen 20 cts. Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18-cts. Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.75 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. 4 cts. Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00 Corn per bu. $1.10 Fine feed, 75 lbs. $2.00 Oats per bu. 90 cts. Wheat per bn. $1.50 Cheese, per lb. 40 cts. Our domestic animals, especially grazing amasais, soil their table—the pastaso—with the manure bearing eggs aad larvae, of internal para sites, thma renewing infection and spreading it to other susceptible an- ipals; and their hairy and wooly hides make ideal playgtrounds for external parasites. Constant atten- ion is needed in the fight to stop the losses to .the livestock industry | from these parasitic enemies.