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Thursday, May 31, 1928 McCUKM it.K M/iSSENGER, McGQRMICK, South Carolina. REHOBOTH NEWS We find Monday morning again in tears but pretty soon the tears were dried away and the sun came smiling through. Good many farmers in this section have good stands of cotton along the road. Pastor G. W\ Gurley gave us a splendid sermon Sunday 'morning. He announced that the next preach ing service would be second Sunday evening. Pastor Gurley and wife dined with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Gil christ Sunday. Attendance was small at B. Y. P. U. Sunday night. They are to meet at seven thirty next Sunday night; to meet early so some who live at a d stance can come. Several from here attended the funeral of Mr. Walter Seigler at Bethany Sunday. Mr. Seigler was reared in this community, and his passing causes sorrow among his friends and relatives here. Quite a party from here went to Washington School to a vocal enter tainment which was much enjoyed Friday n'ghU Mrs. Nathan Long, Mrs. Walter Morgan, Mr. Jesse Long, and Miss Gertrude Long called to see Mrs. Alice Ouzts Monday. Glad to see Mrs. Alice Ouzts able to be at church Sunday morning. Mrs. E. M. Whatley and two granddaughters, Azile and Ida Bell Ouzts, spent a very pleasant day with Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, last Tues day. Mrs. Lula Williamson and daught er, Miss Louise Williamson, have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Kath ryn Hughey, and other relatives in the community. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hughey of Co lumbia. Mr. W. E. Whatley, Mrs. Alice Ouzts and Miss Lenora Whatley were in McCormick Saturday. Miss Mary Christie has been visit ing her relatives in the Cleora section. Miss Mary Luda Hughey has in vited several of her old home friends to her graduation f:om North Au gusta High School. ‘ Two Rehoboth girls are in the graduating class in McCormick High School—Misses Carrie Lou Strom ,and Gertrude Culbreath. iMr. R. J. Moultrie spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. W. R. Gilchrist. “■'Good many from this section call ed to see little James Robert Rey nolds last week. All say he is a handsome little fellow. Rehoboth. MODOCNEWS The indications are this year that Georgia’s peach crop will reach a to tal of over 15,000 carloads. It will be a boo n to the railroads in the way of traffic and a greater boon to humanity throughout the country. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harvley were the Sunday afternoon guests to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie were visitors last Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.. A. P. Douglas. Mrs. T. J. Stone left Saturday for Macon, Ga., where she will spend some time with relatives and friends. Mr. Emerson Bussey from Wash ington, Ga., spent the week end here with his uncle, Mr. E. F. Bussey. Mr. Joe Hornsby from Laurens was among the fair sex here last Sunday. Messrs. M. M. Marshall and H. J. Bussey were business visitors to Au gusta last Saturday. Misses Lucille and Jenette Mc Daniel of Augusta were week end visitors Here to their mother, Mrs. W. McDaniel, Sr. Masters Jennings and Marion Bussey from Augusta spent the week end here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. Pat McDaniel were the guests last Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. Len Doolittle from North Carolina are on a visit here to the former’s mother, Mrs. J. H. Prince. Master Clarence Howie was a vis itor Monday night to his cousins, Masters. James, Ben and William Bussey. Master Vinson Morrisoh from Jacksonville, Fla., is on a visit here to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harvley. Mr. Fred Bussey was a visitor to Augusta last Saturday evening. Modoc. txt SPEEDY—a sure laugh conduc tor! MX. CARME! NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Williams and little daughter, Mary Lou, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams and family and Mr. and Mrs. Banks were visitors in Augusta Sabbath. Mr. Herman Smith of Greenville spent Sabbath with his mother, Mrs. Mary Smith. Mrs. Cora Smith is spending a few days in Anderso n with her daughter, Miss Ruby Smith. The latest news from little Caro lyn Hester is more encouraging. The nurse thought she was a little bet ter. We all hope the little baby will soon be W^ll again. M ss Juanita Curtis is one of the graduates at Calhoun Falls High School Wednesday. Miss Martha Connor will receive her medal the same evening Misses Irene Boyd and Martha Connor and Mr. Ted Barnett were Calhoun Falls visitors Friday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mr. W. L. Miller accompanied the school chil dren to Calhoun Falls Friday even- .ng to see the play. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Connor and family, Messrs. Bunnicku and Hollis Connor of Bamberg spent Sabbath with Mrs. L. E. Connor'! Mrs. J. R. Tarrant, Mr. and Mrs. G. W Ta’.rant and'" family were Greenwood \£sitOyis Sabbath after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Dode Philips of Due West spent a few hours in Mt. Car mel Sabbath afternoon. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wjhite will be serry to hear that Mrs. White has gone to the University Hospital in Augusta for an operation at an early date. Mrs. W. A. Scott and Mr. White accom panied her. We all hope she will come out all right and soon be res tored • to health. Miss Willie Jones of Cross Hill was the charming guest of her sist er, Mrs. D. J. McAllister, the past week end. Miss Sophronia Dean of Royston, Ga., was a recent visitor of her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wells. Services for the communion meet ing at the A. R. P. Church begins Friday morning and last through .Sabbath evening; no service Satur day evening. Everybody cordially mvited to be present. XXI Sweet Potato Demand Good ZIP! ! ! He chooses to run in J928 : —“Speedy.” Wheeeeee! There he goes. “Speedy.** XXX —f A hard boiled man might be like 'p. hard boiled egg—yellow inside. CLEMSON COLLEGE, May 26.— Without any sweet potatoes avail able for at least a month, there' has arisen the greatest demand for them known for many a day, writes T. B. Young, general manager of the Car olina Co-operatives Consolidated. “The reason for this,” Mr. Young explains, “is that the demand, which was noimal through the early part of the season, consumed every pota to that we could get and although we are searching North and South Carolina and Virginia we have noth ing to offer the hungry trade. Of course the cool weather and the short supply of green vegetables accounts for some of the demand for potatoes but the facts are that for the past three or four years we have never had enough potatoes t£> last us through the season. Even much un cured stock from banks has fpund ready sale this spring.” Regarding prices Mr. Young states that their sales of the 1926 crop brought an average c'f $1.15 per bushel package for cured No. 1 stock and that the 1927 crop, the business of which is now being closed up, will probably be a little better than that. He gives the fol lowing price averages received per package per year: 99 cents in 1922; $1.85 in 19231; $2.07 in 1924; $2.15 in 1925; $1.15 in 1926. As to future prospects Mr. Young says that he sees no reason why un der present conditions sweet potato growing properly handled should not prove profitable. But Mr. Young and the Extension Service of Clem- son College lay stress on moderate acreage ]jer farm, p(roper cultural methods to poduce the maximum of No. 1 tubers, and most of all proper handling and grading and the curing out of the marketable potatoes in curing houses. txt If you don't see “Speedy” you’ll lose your speed. X Our heads are like gasoline tanks in one respect. They won’t take you any place if they are empty. —X Th:: season of ^ he year is nearing when they will be coming up for the third and last time. / X Natives in some of the Pacific is lands used sharks’ teeth as money. Books Of Enrollment Open In Precincts From First Tuesday In June Until Fourth Tuesday In July Books of enrollment for the Demo cratic Primary must be opened the first Tuesday in June and remain open until the fourth Tuesday in July. At a meeting of the Execu tive Comihittee held on Saturday, May 26, the following enrollment committees were appointed and places of enrollment designated: McCormick No. 1.—J. O. Patter son, D. A. Bell and C. W. Pennal, clerk. Place of enrollment C. W. Pennal’s office. McCormick No. 2—T. J. Sibert, W. M. Harmon and J. A. Talbert, clerk. Place of enrollment J. A. Talbert’s office. Plum Branch—R. M. Winn, J. J. Collier and W. R. Freeland, clerk. Places of enrollment W. R. Free land’s store and Bracknell’s store. Young—O. R. Young, T. O. Young and S. T. Young, clerk. Place df enrollment S. T. Young’s store. Mt.- Carmel—Jno. D. Cade, J. W. Morrah and D. J. McAllister, clerk. Place of enrollment McAllister’s store. Parksville—Dr. W. G. Blackwell, W. T. Self and J. P. Brunson, clerk. Place of enrollment Self’s store and Brunson’s store. Lyon’s—J. E. Mosley, Jack Mattox and Olin Gray, clerk. Place of enroll ment Jack Mattox’s house. Willingtoh—vA. B. Andrews, J. J. Hester and J. M. Gibert, clerk. Place of enrollment S. E. Cowan’s store. Talbert’s—W. M. McCue, R. L. Dowtin and T. A. Dowtin, clerk. Place of enrollment T. A. Dowtin’s store. Clathworthy’s—Charles Dansby, R. M. Pettigrew and J. J. Link, clerk. Place of enrollment J. J. Link’s store. Rehoboth—J. P. Talbert, W. A. Winn iand Ev M. Morgan, cJerk. Place of enrollment E. jM. Morgan’s store. Clarks Hill—Thomas Meriwether, Jeff Sharpton and W. J. Hines, clerk. Places of enrollment Hines’ store and Jeff Sharpton’s store. White Town—F. P. White, H. M. *• Freeland and Mrs. Sallie Holley, clerk. Place of enrollment W. C. Holley’s store. Bell’s—T. A. Bell, J. A. Callison and D. L. Burnett, clerk. Place of enrollment Bell’s store. Bordeaux—John B. Harmon, A. L. Moi’agne and O. G. Calhoun, clerk. Place of enrollment O. G. Calhoun’s store. Modoc—A. V. Bussey, H. W. Bailey and G. C. McDaniel, clerk. Place of enrollment McDaniel’s store. Bethany—W. K. McDonald, R. H. Quarles and E. L. Hollingsworth, clerk. Places of enrollment Quarles' store and Hollingsworth’s store. W. K. CHARLES, Chairman. JNO. M. BELL, Secretary. Items Of Interest To The Farmers > i V Q -Y ‘A.! Fire destroyed the buildings but .the 'i investment is safe! FIRE insurance is always a sure protection X to the building investments of property owners. When fire comes and destroys insured property the investment remains safe—the insjir* , nce pays for the loss—rebuilding and replacement go on without hardship. For more than a hundred years the Hartford Fire Insurance Company lias Indemnified property owners. This Hart lord agency will welcome the opporutnity to show you how to safeguard your in vestment. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick, S. C. Written And Grouped For Benefit And Convenience Of The Busy Man The corn crop is going to be late ^\|e never seem to think of the corn until the cotton is in the ground, and most of the time we never think of this crop until the cotton is chopped out. There is plenty of time to put in a good corn crop, and we should give our next attention to seeing that it is planted. Use good improved seed, and fertilize well with Nitrate of Soda or Sulphate of Ammonia. These fertilizers, or other fertiliz ers carrying nitrogen are all that is necessary for corn. Especially is it important that poultrymen, dairy men, and swine raisers get in a good crop of corn. Feed prices are high, and unless we produce our own feeds on the farm., profits will be cut low. The fifth annual carlot shipment of lambs will be made from McCor mick County some time in June. It is expected that we shall have enough lambs to make one shipment from McCormick this year. Hereto fore, we have shipped from Abbe ville because of the fact that most of the McCormick County lambs were on that side of the county, and it was necessary to ship with the Ab beville farmers in order to get a load. This year, though, we shall make a shipment from both places. Ford’s Gas Tank One Of Features Of Latest Model Page Number Eight S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The second consignment sale of Je:sey cattle will be held at Green ville, S. C., on June 14. Some of the best Jerseys in the state will be of fered at this sale, and anyone inter ested should make an effort to at tend. All Jersey breeders are invit ed to be present at a banquet given on Wednesday night, June 13, by the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to the breeders of the state. * Several McCormick County farm ers are interested in buying pure bred cows, and this will be a good opportunity for them to see a great number of good animals and prob ably buy several at a reasonable price. Anyone interested in attend ing the sale will please get in touch with the county agent, as we should have a good delegation from Mc Cormick County to attend the sale. No one will make a mistake in buying good dairy stock now. The McCormick Cream Station is on a sound footing, and furnishes a good weekly market for butterfat. The cream station is developing the dairy industry in the county, and in the future we shall develop, from this small start, an industry that will do more than anything else to bring prosperity here to stay. If you are interested in attending the sale get in touch at once with the county agent. Three McCormick County poultry flocks laid themselves into 1 the first five high places among the demon stration commercial flocks in the state for the month of April. The flock of 634 hens belonging to Mr. K. Dowtin led the county and came second in the state with a produc tion oT 20.2 eggs per hen. The flock belonging to Mr. P. J. Dowtin came second in the county and third in the state with a production of 19.9 eggs per hen. And the flock of 498 hens belonging to Mr. R. H. Middletdn came third in the county and fifth in the state with a produc tion of 19.6 eggs per hen. It will be noted that there is a difference of only nine-tenths of an egg between the high and low flocks. More cred it is due these McCormick County flocks when it is noted that the aver age egg production for all demon stration flocks in the state for the month of April was only 16.7 eggs per hen. The average cost of pro ducing these eggs was 18 cents per dozen, and the average selling price was- 27.5 cents. McCormick County has had one or mCre poultrymen among the first five in the demonstration flocks since this method of keeping records first started last November first, and it is a credit to the poultry in dustry of the county that we have made this record. These men are making good money from the poultry business by following in housing, feeding, and care of their birds the recommenda tions that have been worked out to give the best results in the industry. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. txt Holloa! Be sure and keep that date with “Speedy.’’ X \Vhon r ^ ^edf'strbir bu ,, s an automobile the first thing he tridfc to do is to run down a couple of pe destrians to get even for what he used to have to suffer in crossing the street. Specially Designed *Of Tin- Plated Steel To Withstand Hard Usage The gasoline tank is one of the really revolut’or.ary features of the new Model A Ford car and is a strik ing example of the quality of mate- r als and workmanship in this latest product of one of the mest remark able industrial organizations the world has ever rcen. The tank is made of terne plate, which is sheet steel coated with tin to prevent rust and corrosion. The steel sheets from which the tank is made are from .049 of an inch to .051 of an inch thick. The two halves of the tank are first pressed out into shape in huge metal presses and these two halves then go to the assembly line which leads to the welding machines. The opening for the gasoline inlet is stamped out of the upper or cowl section and the filler flange for the cap is rolled into the opening. A steering column bracket is riveted cn the outside at the bottom of the lower portion of the tank and these r'vets are all treated with tin plate to prevent corrosion. An ignition cable support also is welded to this lower section and baffle plates ai’e soldered inside to prevent the splash ing of gasoline when the car is in u'-e. Then the two tank halves gc into a soda bath where they ar-e thor oughly cleaned. The welding of the two halves takes just four m'nutes and is the first instance on recoi’d in which terne plate has been successfully welded. The process by which these two shaped p.’eces of plated steel are made into the solid, hollow piece is known as seam welding. It is some what similar to the chain st'tching method of a sewing machine in sew ing cloth. The weld seam around the tank is 120 inches Idng. This weld ing job is done completely on one machine, the two edges to be welded being rolled between two electric con tact rollers which fuse the two pieces of metal and make them one. Immediately after the tank is welded it is placed in a testing ma chine where 15 pounds of air is forc ed into it. It is then sealed and sub merged in a water tank and a careful exam nation is made to detect any aij’ bubbles which would indicate a leak. The tank undergoes two other similar compressed air and water tests during the finishing operations, the last of these being made after the gasoline gauge has been install ed. But there is still another process which is being used to test frequent samples of the finished tanks. In this test the tank is filled with seven or eight gallons of water and placed upon a n agitator or “sh’mmy” ma chine which simulates driving con ditions over an extremely rough road at a high rate of speed. In some of these tests sample tanks have been thoroughly jounced and jolted con tinuously for four or five weeks with out developing any leaks or manu facturing flaws. During the experimental stages last summer several of these tanks were blown up by air pressure until they looked like balloons, but the welded seams held perfectly against the terrific pressure. When finished, the tank is mount ed in the car to form the cowl and t is separated from the engine by a solid steel dash. txt The chronic loafer comes nearer td perpetual motion than anything the inventors have been able to de vise. txt In the monkey house at the zoo it is interesting to note the remarks made by the curious people looking into the cages, but fortunately no method has yet been devised to reg ister the thoughts of the monkeys peering out from the other side of the bars. X If someone would invent a way to keep a fool and his money from part ing, the swindlers would probably get control of it. JXJ Doing your share is a lot more im portant than taking it. txt It is easier to work yours:if out of a job than into one. JXX Unlimited Power, Huge Pro duction, High Wages And A High Standard Of Living Go Hand In Hand W]e hear something occrtonally about intelligent crooks, but it is our cpiiron that if they were really -elligent they wouldn’t be crooks. 'here are plenty of mental ovens thft work overtime, which accounts for so many half-baked judgments. Sumter—Building permits issued here for April totaled $77,020, ccm- pared to $24,560 for Ap:il, 1927. Walterboro — Contracts awarded for construction of two new business buildings here, one at Washington Street and Railroad Avenue and oth er opposite post off'ce. Sumter—Bids received for con struction of bandstand at Memorial Park here. Bamberg—1,150 pounds poultiy shipped from here on recent day. Shiloh—Farmers of this commun ity busy planting crops. Ridgeland—Work started on con struction of two new school build ings here. Lexington—Work progressing rap idly on construction of Claussen’s $100,000 new bakery on Green Street. W^alterboro—South Carolina Pow er Company purchases local munici pal electric plant. Pickens—Mail delivery initiated in this village May 1st. Liberty—Buck’s Stores, Inc., open ed branch store here recently. Bates—Slater Mfg. Company in creases capital stock from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. Sumter—(Williams-Wcod Products Corporation, Sumter, capitalized at $50,000 chai tered. Columbia — Walker Investment Company, increases capitalization from $60,000 to $116,000. Chesterfield—-Work begun on con struction of $25,000 new Baptist Church here. Jacksor.boro—'Causeway on High». way No. 17 here paved. Florence—Spake & Witherspoon Construction Company, Florence, chartered. Blaney—New electric transmission line from Sumtei* furnishing current to this place completed. Sumter—Establishment of airport here advocated. Bethune—W. H. and W r T. Rat- cliffe building long staple cotton gin here and short staple gin at Mc- Bee. Camden—W. Sheorn & Son opened! new store here recently. Yemassee—Walterboro road com pleted and opened to traffic. Easley—Highway " No. 8 from Easley to Anderson surface- treated. St. George—Dorchester Banking Company, St. George, capitalized at $25,000 chirtered. Belton—Plans discussed for build ing new baseball park here. Fort Moultrie—Extensive improve ments made at local Citizens Military Camp. Gaffney—75 new telephone sub scribers gained here by Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Com pany during 1927. Paving of Chesnee-Gaffney high way over half-completed. Beaufort—Clean-up and Paint-up week held here iccently was suc cessful. Beaufdrt—'Airport under construc tion at Beaufort Shores. Greenville—D. Ferry has discover ed gold, oil seepages and coal near here. Columbia—'South Carolina’s entire road system will be hardsurfaced within the next two or three years. Greenville—Oliver C. Bolt opens new pharmacy here. Easley—Ariail textile mill near here with 20,000 spindles will be fin ished by November. Greer—Southern Bleachery has illuminated sign, 368 feet long, for air guide. Greer—Singer Sewing Machine Co. moves to new Trade Street loca tion. Hartsville—Foundation vrork be gins for big dyeing and finishing mill. PRESSING CLUB I want to thank the public for the patronage I am receiving from both the colored and white people. I am doing first class pressing club work, at regular club rates of 25 cents a suit by the month or at regular prices of 75 cents to $1.00 per suit to non-club members. First class work guaranteed on each suit or job. No smut, nor half way done jobs, all work absolutely done right, includ ing first class dyeing. H. W. TURNBULL, McCormick, S. C.