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Thursday, April 19, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Page Number Four McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established Jane S, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growinf DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis play.^ BUSINESS READING NOTICES, € cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line, 6 words to line. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter ef the second dans. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 The Mt. Carmel Road At least two gentlemen from Mt. Carmel have sent The Messenger word during the past week to make notice of the fact that a nice top soil road is be'ng built from a point near Long Cane Creek on the McCormick Abbeville Highway via De la Howe, Willingtc-n and Mt. Carmel to the Abbeville County line near Calhoun Falls, where it links with the high way to Anderson and other po'nts north and so on. However, as we un derstand, the read is being built from the other end, but will serve the same purpose when completed; and we are truly glad that it is being built, regardless of which end is com pleted first. It will f 11 a long felt need to our good , neighbors and friends of the several communities, and we trust that they shall make good use of it and visit our county seat more often in the future. As for the notoriety given th's road through The Messenger, we are forced to say that our two good friends abcVc referred to haven’t been reading* the paper very closely during the last few months, fer this project has been mentioned in The Messenger quite a few times, some times under the caption of “The Wellington Road,” sometimes in our local column, and quite frequently by our faithful correspondent in the “Mt. Carmel News.” It was men tioned in the Mt. Carmel News let ter last week and is mentioned there again this week. So, be sure to read your home town news items this week. And dont’ forget that this end is the end of the road we want you good people to use the most. tXI Farm Population De creases Long Standing Farm population in the United States began to decrease long before the recent agricultural depression, and in some States during an era of great agricultural prosperity, ac cording to Dr. C. J. Galpin, econo- mirt of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Depart ment cf Agricultuie. The decrease in farm population, Doctor Galpin says, was accentuated by the recent period of agricultural depression, but the records show that farm population decreased in some States fiity years ago; in other -States, thirty years ago; in still others twenty and ten years ago. Farm population decreased in good years and in bad. “The most general social pheno mena paralleling the State decreases in farm population,” he says, “are the growth of industry, the growth of cities, and the evolution of grow ing towns into growing cities. The State 0 thet, in common parlance, have become ‘industrial Statesd hav ing passed from the columns of ag ricultural production and value to the industrial columns, are the ones in which for the most part, the farm population had been suffering an actual decrease do^ade by decade prior to the postwar period of de pression. “Loss of farm population,” he add ed, “may be expected to continue un til the urban demand for food and fiber has overtaken the growing ef ficiency of farming. Meanwhile, the most important consideration from the point of view of agriculture, is whether the constant losses of farm population are from the cla»cs of good farmers cr poor. Farm leader ship has always lost in times of prospeiity for farmers as well as in times of adversity; and farm- leader ship will continue to lese, in good t'mes and in bad, unt. ; l the country is as good a place to live in as the city. The great needs of farm Tfe is excessive farm depopulation is to be prevented, he says, are better health facilities, better secondary education institutions, includ'ng libraries and clubs as well as improved economic conditions. t xt Georgia’s Farm Program On this page is a thoughtful com munication on cotton production from Charles Malony, of Dublin, president and general manager of the Wrightsville and Tennille, and several other short lines of railroads i n South Georgia. Mr. Malony shows that while many other states have over-produced the staple in recent years, on a basis of land area, Geo:g : a has under-pro duced. The correspordent calls fur ther attent’on to the fact that Geor gia leads all of the ten states cited in the production of peaches, melons, peanuts, sweet po f atoer- sugar cane ryrup and vegetables. It will show increased tobacco production in 1928, he says. The point is that while Georgia is entitled to produce 1.116,326 bales of cotton in 1928, on a basis of a gioss American production of 14,000,000 bales, that cotton should be produced on less acres- than planted in 1926 or 1927. That is to say Georgia cotton producers should pay specific atten tion to increasing the pound produc tion on the acre rather than the in- co! poration of more acres under* a plow. This can be accomplished on ly by intensive farming, and this system of farming will not only ma terially reduce product : on costs, but control weevil ’infestation. It was demonstrated in the 5-acre cotton contests in 1927, and has var iously been demonstrated before, that any section of Georgia can pro duce 500 pounds of lint or more to the acre at substantial profits to the producer, provided a program of in- tensiva, progressive and business like cultivat’on is adopted, and vigorous ly adnrnistered. It is a fact ,‘.at the farmer who produces only the statistical “aver age” in Georgia produces at a loss. Again by reducing the acreage to the plow, and by cultivating inten sively the surplus acreages thus re leased can be turned over to other money crops; in the production of which this state leads in a number of commodities. Just as Mr. Malor.y suggests, Georgia is net to be lectured for over-production of cotton. The far mers have made marvelous strides in balanced production. The idea is not to make less cotton, but to make more to the acre and to make it a surplus crop. And bv the same pro gram “live at home,” fill the barns and smokehouses, and grow also sev eral other-than-cotto.’. money crops. —The Atlanta Constitution. X The incubator should be disinfect ed thoroughly after each hatch, the disinfectant being thoroughly appli ed to all interior parts after the ma chine has been cleared and all dirt and down removed. Care should be taken to use an efficient disinfect ant, such as a saponified cresol so lution. After the hatch'ng season is over, clean and dismfect the incubat or, empty the lamp, and carefully sto:e the parts inside the machine. ix: If a field of alfalfa winter kills or is flooded to a damaging degree this spring it is still possible in most d str’ets to harvest a ciop of excel lent legume hay in time for winter feeding. In these regions where summer moisture is sufficient and wh're the season is not too short soy beans offer one of the best possibili- t es for harvesting a high protein forage crop the year it is planted. This applies particularly to regions wheie alfalfa does well ordinarily but fails occasionally. In reg'ons where alfalfa does not do well, soy beans have proved a popular substi tute. txt There is a tendency to market cat-, tie fiom the range at a younger age and at a lighter weight than for merly. As th : s tendency becomes more marked, the fattening of beef cattle in the Corn Belt may be ex pected 'to become increasingly im portant because the younger cattle do not fatten sq well on the range as do steers over 2 years of age. If the Corn Belt land is to produce the necessary corn and roughage to fin ish these steers it will mean using more tilable land for grain and hay production and less for pasturing cows to raise calves. Not Installment (Abbeville Press and Banner) Th's paper has been informed that the State of South Carolina, under the d'rection of the Governor and other members of the Contingent Fund Committee, did not buy the ex quisite and expensive rug for the Governor’s office on the installment plan. In making the statement that it was purchased under this plan we merely had the itemized account of the contingent fund committea show ing that $900 from the fund had been expended for the rug and after in vestigating the matter we fdund, “That $265 is yet to be paid.” Our distinguished friend tells us that the bill has been paid in full, that $265 of another fund was used to make up the total of $1,165. Does that change the sense or the fact of the statement? The fact remains that the Governor vetoes a $1,000 item for the Spanish War Veterans, in recog- nit on of their distinguished body and walks around on $1,000 rugs. And in the face cf that fact we find Spartanburg and other counties, not even exceptmg the county of Abbe ville, in a precarious predicament in sofar as the schools are concerned. Schools without money and on the verge of closing. Why? Is it for “economy” silch as that ? S. c. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL. REVIEW Busy Factories Are As Vital To Cities, Totvns As Good Crops And Fair Prices Are to The Agricultural Section. Well Paid Labor Is The Far mer's Best Market. JES’ JEST Teacher—“Norman, give me a sen te ce u~irg the word ‘diadem’.” Pupil—“People who dr : ve ento the railroad errssing diadem sight au'ck- er than those who stop, look and list en.” -txt- The Governor’s Rug (Greenville News.) Folks who follow affairs of state will be ’nteicsted to learn the de tails of the purchase out of the con tingent fund of last year of an ex pensive rug for the governor’s off : ce, as now set forth by the Abbeville Press ard Banner, whose editor, Sen- atcY Fred D. West, was a member of the free-conference committee on the state appropriation bill this last session. The Abbev'lle senator-editor is criticizing Governor Richards for his veto of a $1,000 item for the Span- ish-American war veterans reunion. “Under the present method of financ ing the various departments,” he says, “so long as the governor and one third of the House of Represen tatives take unto themselves the great problems of runn'ng South Caiolina, .it might be just as well to appropriate the total amount as a locntingent fund’ and permit the chief executive to pay all salaries of state.” But further: “We are not so sure, however, that such disposition of the affairs of state would be wise. We hear much of economy in this day and time. The governor :'s an economist. He vetoes the : tem of $1,000 for these soldiers and buys $1,165 lugs for his office. And the state of South Carolina buys that rug on the in stallment plan. The contingent fund committee paid $900 of the total cost from the fund last year, leaving $265 to be paid this year. And still we speak of economy. It’s indeed a virtue but the shoe doesn’t fit.” Wo suppose it must have become an emergency of the state dur'ng the year 1927 that a new rug be put down 4 n the chief executive’s office. Ordinarily tho legislature appreci ates specifically for furnishings and fixtures of various state offices, and we presume it wasn’t forseen during the 1927 sess on that a new rug would be needed. It may well be that the governor received so many calleis during his f : rst year in office that they completely wore out the old rug and made it necessary to re place it right away. We don’t know, of course. But row that it has become gener al public knowledge that the floor of the goveimor’s office is decorated with a $1,000 rug, no step should be overlooked to see that it is properly caied for. There are lets of South Carolina folks who have never even seen a $1,000 rug let alone walked o n one. and H's Excellency is liable to have to entertain hordes of folks who w ! ll want to say they have seen and stepped on that famous bit of floor covering. We think another cou ple of hundred or so should be spent immediately for a vacuum cleaner or whatever other instiument is best suited for keeping $t 000 rugs in the pink of condition. txt A good homemade egg tester or canc’ler can be made of a box which, set on ^nd, is large enough to inclose the light or lamp. A hole slightly smaller than an egg should be cut in the side of the box at the same level as the light. An electric, gas, on kerosene lamp may be used. If a kerosene lamp or gas lamp is used there should also be a good sized hole at the top of the box; otherwise the heat from the chimn'*y may set the box on fire. All eggs in the in cubator should be tested at least twice during the period of incuba tion. preferably on the seventh and fourteenth days. « 1 Easley—Easley Fair will be held October 17-19. ITampto:—More than 4 miles road between here and Ehrhardt in Col leton County will be graded and sur faced with sand clay. Bamberg — Walterboro-Barnwell 1 highway w'U be relocated in th : s i county. Columbia—Bids opened for state highway construction costing nearly $600,000. Gaffney—New home for Salvation Army will be built here. Orangeburg—3 carloads hogs, one from Holly Hill and 2 from this city shipped recently. Georgetown—2 car loads demon stration fed hogs shipped recently, one from here and other from An drews. Georgetowm—Plans mak’ng for re building brick and steel kilns at Brooklyn Co-operage plant. Beaufort—Beaufort County Cham ber of Commerce to occupy new ? quarters in Truckers Association building. Union—New front installed by Palmetto Drug Store. Bamberg—$75,000 new Baptist Church dedicated here. Union—New Rutledge Lodge here recently dedicated. Spartanburg—$100,000 new Ma- son ; c Temple formally opened. Columbia—Spartanburg was ban ner cotton county of South Carolina in 1927. Camden—$48,000 bond issue will be voted on April 17 for permanent improvements to streets and side walks here. Seneca—Prospects bright for good fruit crop in this section this year. Columb'a—B'ds opened for more than $575,000 road and bridge work. Newberry—Several traffic signal lights to be installed here. New Brookland—10 miles of Char leston road to be paved between here and Calhoun County line. 16,258 bales cotton ginned and to be ginned from 1927 Hrrop in Oconee County, compared to 10,263 bales of 1926 crop. Columbia—102.3 miles federal-aid highways were completed ’ n South Carolina during fiscal year ended June 30, 1927. , Columbia—McLeod Infirmary of Methodist Church of Florence with capitalization of $10,000 chartered. Columbia—Steady flew of cotton and new contracts to South Carolina Cotto n Growers’ Co-operativo Asso- c’ation continues. Sumter—Negroes here pledge $2.- 000 for equipment of new ndustrial school recently completed as supple mental unit of Lincoln high school. Sumter—8th car hogs recently shipped from here. Greer citizens vote on $110,000 bonds for better water system. X Alfalfa is still most important in the West. Seventeen States west of the line from the eastern border of Texas to the eastern bolder of North Dakota had nearly four-fifths of the alfalfa acreage at the time of the last agriculture, census in 1924. Hdwever, in the five years from 1919 to 1924, the acreage in the 17 West ern States increased only 8.5 per cent while the comparative gain in the 31 eastem States was 98.2 per cent. Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan each made gains of more than 300 per cent in acreage, Illinois and Pennsylvania about 150 per cent each. In these five years Kansas dropped n acreage and lost position as the principal alfalfa State to Ne braska which was the second State in 1919. Other States in which al falfa acreage declined were in the South, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, M : ssissippi, Alabama, Geoigia and South Card ina. txt The quantity of hay, silage, and grain to feed to dairy cows will de pend largely upon the condition and production of each cow. All cows do not produce the same quantity of milk and butterfat; consequently, they should not be given the same quantity of feed. Economical feeding usually demands that cows be fed liberally. Under most circumstances curing the winter when cows are in milk and largely o n dry feed they j should be given all the roughage that ( they will eat readily, and the grain ration should be adjusted according Taking r. seat in a crowded s L reet car near the negro sect on in Rich mond, a passenger overheard this conversation: “Mandy, I’se heered yo’ is still lettm’ dat no ’count nigger from Dew Tow n hang ’roun’. Is you?” “Who dat bin sayin’ I is,” “Dassall right who bin savin’ you’ is. De pint is. is you?” “I a’n’t sayin’ I is.” “Well, ye’ ain’t sayin’ yt*u ain’t. Ef you a'nt, you is.” “Ef I in. I ii* ef I ain’t I ain’t. ’Tain’t none o’ yo’ buzness whether I ain’t or is!” “You ain’t sayin’ you ain’t. Dat mek it you’ 's. Ain’t yo’?” “Is dat so? Ef I is, I ain’t gwine say I is, an’ ef I ain’t, I ain’t gwine say I is or ain’t. Is dat plain, or ain’t it?” POLITICU CARDS FOR SHEFIFF I respectfully annou.ee myself a candidate for Sheriff of McCormick County, subject to the rules and rog- u’at ens of the Democrat c Primary election. I r hall highly appreciate the sup port of the people, W. T. STROM. FOR SUPERVISOR Consider the fish. He seldom is hooked so long mouth shut. I hereby announce my candidacy fc” Supervisor of McCormick Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary. I solicit the suffrage of the voters on my mer'ts and the faithful promise tc execute the duties of said office fairly a. d economically, if elected. I shall highly appreciate your sup port. W. M. McCUE. as he keeps h’s Dear Editdr—“Please tell me why it is that my lady friend closes h er eyes when I kiss hen.” X. Y. Z. | “Send us your photograph and we’ll tell you.” She’s so old that she remembers 1 when the big dipper was just a dr'nkirg cup. WANT ADVS, FOR RENT - ' “Brooklyn bridge is the longest unsupported span i n the world.” “Yes, yes—quite a modern idea that. Probably led to the abolish ing of corsets.” You can’t keep a good man good. Murders wi|. out. Let the punishment fit the rhyme. Come on, come oiled. Every man reads a peck of dirt be fore he dies. All cats are gray in the dark. No'hing is certain but death by taxis. Man proposes, he supposes. “How did John huit his back?” “An aoe dent. He sipped and fell.” Here’s to the homely girl—I know seven, I’ll bet a dime they all go to heaven; But here’s a line in their defense, They’re good but not from pref erence. “I saw a man yesterday who looked like Lon Chaney.” “Drinking sometimes affects me that way toe.” Him—“I don’t like your inviting that chap to dinner. He used to kiss you before we were married.” Her—“WeS, so did you.” Him—“Yes, but I’ve get over it a: d maybe he hasn’t.” In one of the distant sections of Africa men choose their wives on the strength cf their necks. Cus tom not altogether unknown in U. S. A. Him—“Darling, wouldn’t you like to sail away on a silver moonbeam —just you and I together—toward those twinkling stars where all is infinite, then love, and there dwell in eternal bl ; ss far from— Her—-“Oh, Jimmy, not tonight; I have a date with my hairdresser in the morning.” ■One 9-room dwel- ng, old Baughman house near depot, cheap. Mrs. J. J. Gilmer, McCormick, S. C. 1 tpo. FOR SALE -34 *" 6 f T ,. ed f • - northern city hurts Greenwood at a sacrifice. Fine for dairy, trucking, etc., or development. A bargain. Write, Y. May, Green wood, S .C. 4 19—3-tpo. FOR SALE--™; “ ^ ’ teen for $1.00. M. L. B. Sturkey* Mc Cormick, S. C. 1 tpo. WANTFR— Man to run ^ c ^ ess TT rill I Eli/ Business in McCor mick County. No experience needed. Must have car, can make $7-$10 daily, no lay offs, no bosses;, chance of a lifetime. Use our capital to start. Write FURST & THOMAS, Dept., J. L. 7, Freeport. 111. —Itpo. FOR SALE^ Tw “ t KOOd , fresh to pa-1, cows, one to freshen in May, and a good No. 10 De Laval Separator, all for $225.00. J. M. Bussey, Parksville, S. C. FOR SALE^ A ,“ .TC Staple Cotton Seed; absolutely pure; direct from Coker last year. Will sell to farmers in McCoimick and adjoin ing counties at $1.25 per bushel. R. M. Winn, Plum Branch, S. C. 4-12-3t. WANTFI)— A good man at Mc_ Tf rilT 1 Lii/ Cormick able to g; v e reference to canvass and sell Singer Sewing Machines. Prefer a man be tween 21 and 35. Good pay. Apply to S ; nger Sewing Machine Co., Greenwood, S. C. Teacher—“Mabel, how old are you?” Mab<f—“Sixteen.” Teacher—“Then you should tell your mother everything.” Mabel—“I’d like to, but really, mo ther is still too innocent.” WANTER- M ”“ TsX McCormick, S. C. * Q AI £7—World Star Paint I* UK OALK Co > selIs g Uarant eed Paint for $2.25 per gallon. See G- T. Baughman, agent, McCormick, S. C. He was jealous, violently jealous. No wonder when he heard the quarterback sing out 2-4-7 he leaped through the line and strangled him. It was his wife’s telephone number. to the i-.dividual cow’s production. “She doesn’t walk home any more.” “Why not?” “She’s a pretty good skate.” txt Corn silage is a very dependable source of roughage, and in districts where winter-killing, dry summers, and acid soils mak? the growing of clover hazardous, the use of corn sil age is often a necessity to the cattle feeder. I n seasons when corn does not mature on account of early frosts or unfavorable weather con ditions. the silo is valuable in con serving the grain as well as in changing the stalk into a palatable feed. Even in the average season, j when most of the corn matures, the; farmer can cut h‘s latest maturing corn and minimize the possible deni-! a e from frost.* I FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 622 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA, GA. All kinds of guns repaired and pistols fixed by G. T. BAUGHMAN, McCormick, S. C. - - =3 DRY CLEANING For dry cleaning of the best kind, leave your suits and dresses at W. G. Huguley’s Store, agent for Green wood Steam Laundry. Suits 75 Cents Dresses 75 Cents Basket leaves every Wednesday and returns Satuiday. C. H. HUGULEY McCormick, S. C. It used to be a woman could mak* her husband a necktie out of one oJ her silk skirts. Now she can makt a silk skirt out of one of his neck- tes.