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Thursday, July 5, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. South Caron m. Page Number Four ICtA’C'WV.'S] McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday ^Established Juaa 5. 19P2 # EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growing DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for deuble column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis- plav. ccrtemplated to avoid head winds. ' So as time goes on, these larga aircraft designs will take the place which the “Spirt of St. Louis” so nobly established. X RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION Many of the foreign countries v.kcse citizens are seeking to im migrate to tho United States are ob- Egcd to keep their own citizens for pyp, two, three, four and fNe jears. BUSINESS READING NOTICES, | v/h le the waiting lists and th 6 cents per line for each insertion. average of C words to line. WANT ADVS., C cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to Hne. ' TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line, 0 words to line. thi3*'OuMook and what th-> party fac-j ed after the suicidal strife at New York. The Republicans unquestionably j have before them this time a first j class battle to fight and the leaders know it. In the Democratic :eeord there are no stains to h de. In the convention thei*e were and among the leaders there are no besmirched and dishonored men. The apologies will be a Republican monopoly. They will strive to veil Vare and Smith and Big Bill behind a cry cf Tam many, but after all Tammany is to day clean beside Ph ladelphia. Ind ianapolis and Chicago. IXJ Methodist Revival Next Week A series cf meetings will be begun at the McCormick Methodist Church at 8:30 o’clock Monday evening, July 9th. the preaclvng to be done ’07/ R_v. R. W. Wiil:''s L^xi^gton. Beg n- ning Tuesday there w 11 be a se vice morning and evening, the hour for the morning service not yet being decided upon. The public is cordial ly invited to each service. Cooperative Carlo! Poultry ’Shipments Bring Good Prices Hundred and Seven Cars Carried Sur plus Chickens From Several Counties Last Year. cuotas arc being reduced to permit these aliens to cross the Atlantic | p .. r .. TiYrkm and become citizens of the land cf: 1 - 011011 -Ltttei P TOm t>>e free and the home of the brave. It was an act of wisdom that the 1 - * d States imsed tho bars against immigrants at the close of the w*ar. ^ th.s had net been done Europe J. W. Jay & Co. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents i , _ ^ , _ , per single column line; extra charges ’ would have been depopulated by this tor big typo on all single column th = U " ited . ? tates w0 “ ,d advs., except head and signature, j h ~ ea crowded w ‘ th ccmm , or ' la - Positions given at ONE-THIRD 0o1 ' competing fdr ordinary jobs, extra charge. The immigration laws have been enacted under the guiding direction cf Representative Albert Johnson of the State of Washington, Chairman cf the House Committee on Imm:- gr&t’on. In a recent statement Mr. Jchrson said that further restriction of immigration seems to be impel a- Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of j the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: l| —- Strictly Cash In Advance One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 Angles To All Questions In sizing up things, espec ally these having a bearing on local con ditions., it is well to remember that there is more than one angle from which a question may be viewed. Far too many people err in judg ment purely fmm haste and over- zealousncss. Impressions arc often fcl'med at first glance, and unless a person is willing to examine beneath the sur face and consider all available facts, those first impressions will remain and become fixed convictions, irres pective of whether they are right or wrong. Injustice to a gnpd cause is often done by this method of sizing up things and immeasurable harm td an individual, a group of individuals or a whole community may result. Then there is a class of citizens who, having formed a hasty conclu sion, refuse to recede from their po sition, even when confronted with indisputable proof of their error cf judgment. That is pure and unad ulterated stubbornness. But he:te, as elsewhere, there, are many people who are quick to form impressions, but are willing to, and do, analyze the arguments of the opposition, and are completely changed as the result of the addi tional information thus acquired. Sizing up local conditions is an admirable trait, but undue haste in formipg lasting conclusidns is much to be regretted. Best results are obtained by taking a calm survey of the situation from every conceivable viewpoint before taking a definite stand. Communities prosper and grow when their citizens adoot this clan. tlve. He says that the question will come up again in Congress next condition ^cr the U. S. is 68.7 60 Beaver Street, New York, June 29. 1928. Dear Sir: We hand you herewith the result of rur investigation cc.vering the cendit'on of the growing cotton c: op, and the acrcrge planted to cotton, with such information as ma;/ be pertinent thereto. This rejort is made un to and inc!ud ; ng June 23rd. The indicated Increase in acreage for the season of 1928-29 is 50 per cent. * The average ind'eated per ccntago per June, Yv T nter. One of the changes will ap- ccr t. ply to countries whose present im- ^ ur P er centage condition migration quotas are 10,000 or less, 1327, was 76.7 per cent, so as to enable immigrants from Acreage Indicated countries like Sweden, Norway, Fin-' Planted Acreage the United States as family units, instead cf struggling to obta'n ad mission individually. rxi (Spartanburg Herald.) The latest national convention now history. Thoughtful review cf it reveals features of striking im port for the future. In our judgment the most signifi cant fact about this convention is | one in which it is variously contrast ed with the Republicans • gathering. The Houston convention developed quickly a spontaneous and emmul- ative enthusiasm that showed no chi;! or ebb throughout, whereas th*s is precisely what the Kansas Virginia __ __ _ 65,000 75,000 North Carolina 1,749,000 1 819 030 South CartTr.a 2 454.000 2,527,000 Georgia 3.501.000 3,605,000 Florida __ 67,000 77,000 Alabama __ __ 3,214.000 3,342,000 Miss ; ssippi 3,408,000 3,612,000 Lcuisiara __ __ 1-585,000 1,695,000 Texas 16,850 000 17 692 000 Arkansas -- 3,142,000 3 299,000 Tennessee __ _ 985,000 1.015,00 Oklahoma __ __ 4,187.000 4,438,000 Missouri __ _ 305,000 350 000 California / 4 (upper) 130,000 175,000 Arizona -- - 140,000 * 182,000 New Mexico and all others 123,000 145,000 41,905,000 44,018,000 Summary By Slates VIRGINIA—«Two weeks late. Culti vation and stands fair. Plant under- „ , , 'ize. Too much rain early in month. C:ty convention emphatically lacked. W; , ather ndw mach ; ve< j. No 4-ki of sinxxm e/vmorn'ncr Thar. 1 # insect complaints. Plenty of labor and mules. Prospects fair. NORTH CAROLINA—Ten to twenty, days late. Cultivafon fair, stands poor to fair. Plant u.'der- size. Too much rain first part of month. Rapid improvement since, as weather hot and dry. Season is late and continued d'.y weather need ed to restrict weevil damage as this pest is appearing in many parts of the State. Ample labor and mules. Outlook poor to fgir. SOUTH CAROLINA—Twelve to twenty days late. Cultivation and stands poor to fair. Plant under size. Too much rain in scattered Mark that down as someth - 'ng that . bodes no good for Republican hopes in November. For enthusiasm, as the origin t’f the word implies, means inspiration, and inspiration is a stirring cf the sp’rit of man. He cannot tell you why often enough, but wnen he :s deeply stirred he waxes er.t'-uriastic. And when men are truly enthusias tic, they show themselves into r. cause without calculating reserve, they are ene:!getic . and they infect others. Enthusiasm is strangely contagecus. The Hcustcn crowd were filled with it. The Kansas City crowd con spicuously lacked it. There vou have at the very start i the first fruits of leadership, such as Gov. Smith seems to provide, as compared with that of Secretary Hoover. Throughout the campaign, now beginning you will see that con trast ccntlnu ng and it is tremend ously significant in a battle of tho votes'. But the Houston convention do- Something Else TV* sloped another imposing feature of Ali VV ctlCH OOOIlj the utrnost significance in the com- j ing struggle. As the hundreds of Plans foV a fleet of six New delegates streamed toward the meet- York to London airships have been! b g place there was a keen conscious- announced, and tho public on each ! ness of explosive mater al to be side of the ocean will now have an-! present. In addition to the ordinary other opportunity of listening soon collection of economic and political on the success or failure of such an is ucs there were others about which event. j men i n crowds are easily led to feel The plan is to make the flight be- passionately rather than to think tween these two cities i n 48 hoursj clearly. These were dynamite for with all of the comforts of the most'that occasion, wh'ch, if touched ofi luxurious liners. This year the R-! by seme unexpected event 01 speech, 100, a British ainship has been made ; could rend the party. Thoughtful ready for such an attempt under and loyal Democrats were anxious, command of C. Dennis Burney. j almost jumpy for fear of explosion. The Burney ship of 5,000 cubic' But no unguarded useless handling feet displacement, has progressed so of fire was allowed. Scarcely yet is far that it is expected to be ready it realized, but the fact is that con fer trial flights in July. j vention. was managed and guided Amr:can capital has become inter- With consummate skill and tact. The- estel m the R-100 and a Detroit, lesults prove this beyond dispute. In group has taken an option on a‘sub-jn:> corner, in no committee room nor star.tial interest in the Burney com- j on the floor did anything explosive pany, with a view of establishing a' or rending oi< confusing get out of fleet of six 9,000,000 cubic feet air liners built on the Burney des ; gns and for use in London-New York traffic. Half of these ships would he built in the United States and liaif in England with tho opt rating com pany owned jeintlv by British and Amer can capital. The R-100 will carry 100 passeng ers aid ten tons of express freight. It will be able to make the eastward passage in 48 hours and the trip from London to> New York via the Azores in 60 hours. The southern route on the westward passage is sections until June 13th. Marked improvement since then. Weevil re ported over a wide area. # Therefo:o dry, warm weather needed to restrict activ.ty. No destruction as yet. Suf ficient labor and farm animals. Out look poor GEORGIA—From ten to eighteen days late. Cultivation anj stand? fair. Complaints cf grassy fields in scattered parts of State. Plant un- ders'ze. Boll weevil appearing. Hot, diy weather needed to restrict dam age. Lice and fleas, reported in northern and southern counties. Cli matic conditions more favorable re cently. Clear weather with occasion al ra : nfall needed for best results. almost four weeks late. Cultivation and stands fair to poor. Plant un dersize. Numerous complaints of weev l appearing. Too much rain until June 18th. Clear, hot weather needed. Plenty of labor. Pros pects poor to fair. TEXAS—From ten days to three weeks late. Cultivation 'air to good. Stands good to poor. Plant normal to undersize. Clear and warm with showers which were favorable in all parts of the state with the exception of the northeast portion where re port', men - bn high winds. In north west compla’nts of high winds ana sand storms. Exports of weevil, lice and fleas but no material damage as yet because of late season and dry weather. Plenty of labour and mules, p i-erects :'a r. ARKANSAS—Ten to eighteen days late. Cultivation and stands fair to poor. Plant undersize. Weather mostly unfavorable. Too much rain and overflows since June 10th caus ed a sharp decline in prospects since our May survey. Planters fear fur ther abandonment in acreage :‘f cli matic conditions do net improve rap idly. Plenty of labor and mules,. Wee vil appearing although rot general as ye!. Outlook rot encouraging. TENNESSEE—Ten to fifteen days late. Cultivation bad to poor. Much grass. Stand", lair to poor. Plant undersize. Tdo much rain and low temperatures caused marked deter- ’oration since lest report. Fear more abandonment of acreage unless weather becomes favorable. Ample labor and mules. No insects or weevil activity. Prospects poor. OKLAHOMA—Te n to twenty days late. Cultivation and stands fair. Grassy fields. Plant undersize. Cli matic conditions unfavorable since c«ur last survey. Too much rain ex cept in the southeastern part of state. Seme damage from hail and wind storms. Fear of weevil activ ity if wet weather continues. Ample supply of labor and mules. Prospects poor to fair. MISSOURI—From twelve to twen ty days late. Cultivation poor to bad. Much grass. Stands poor. Plant un dersize. Continued rains and low temperatures since June 3rd caused a large abandonment of acreage and low cordit on figure. Plenty cf la bor and farm animals. No insect com plaints. Outlook discouraging. CALIFORNIA—Normal to about te n days late. Cultivation and stands good. Plant normal to slightly above size. Plenty of labor and farm r.nf- mals. Climatic conditions favorable No insect complaints. Prospects good to excellent. ARIZONA—About two weeks lat \ Cultivation and stands good. Plant normal. Sufficient labor and mules. No insect activity. Weather fav orable. Prospects good. NEW MEXICO—Ten days late. Cultivation and stands good. Plant or- mal to slightly undersize. No in sect compiain.ts. Weather favorable. Outlook favorable. To the cotton bade, June, with few exceptions, has always been consid ered a month in which the plant iimuld show lai^ improvement. This year, the situation has not bccrj encouraging as is indicated by the per centage condition "or the en- Five years ago South Ca'rolina farm ers had no market for live chickens except such as they could sell lo cally at cheap prices. The result was that unprofitable birds that should have been culled and sold remained in the flocks for want of any way to dispose of them. But the Extension Service decided in 1923 to relieve this situation by collecting carloads of chickens at railroad points and ship ping them to eastern markets where good prices are paid. County Agent W. J. Tiller broadcast the news that a poultry car was com ing and would pay far more than the customary prices. It was easy to get a carload, everyone was pleased, and the news spread to other sections. Seven cars left the state that year. Chesterfield county shipped four cars. Greenwood, Lancaster, Marion and Marlboro counties, two each; and Al lendale, Anderson, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Laurens, Orangeburg, Mc Cormick, Oconee and Williamsburg counties one each, in 1924. In 1923, twenty-four counties shipped a total of 68 cars through the cooperation of the Clemson College Extension Serv ice marketing specialists, the county farm and home agents and local poul try organizations cooperating. In 1926 farmers in thirty - eight counties sold more than a million and a half pounds of poultry at ninety- sOven freight car doors and received $390,700 for it. L. H. Lewis, exten sion marketing specialist believes the prices were five or six cents a pound higher than local markets, so that farmers not only could dispose of more birds than local demand would take but got $75,000 to $85,000 dollars mon for it. In 1927, cooperative shipments car ried 107 cars of poultry to the Eas. and reaped good prices, as usual. It is interesting to note that iki. practice has not only disposed of man; chickens that were liabilities, but al so that it has given the state a stead;- market that has varied practical];, none within five years, and that it ha: opened to the state- a business fo. broilers which is bringing in good profits to many. Thus has openei another outlet for the poultry indus try that makes it all the more advis able for ever;'- farm in South Carolic; to carry chickens. Some profitable pointers about chicken-raising can be picked up on the Atlantic Coast Line- Clehison College Livestock Develop ment Train, which is running in thit state the last half of June and the first half of July. Several species of fl’cs commonly j round in houses resemble the true house fly so closely that it is diff icult to distinguish them from it. One cf those is the biting stable fly which is so often mistaken for the house fly that many people tlvr.k the lat ter can bite. Several species of me tallic greceish or bluish flies are sometimes found in house?; and still another fly, a smaller one. is called the lesser house fly, but is disting uished f.'om the house ily by its pal er and more pointed body. The true house fly—wh’ch is found in all parts of the world—is a medium-siz ed :Ty with four black stripes on its back and a sharp elbow in ore of the vurs on its wings. The true house fly can nc*t bite, its mouth parts be ing spread out at the tip for suck ing up liqu'd substances. Ellm Club Boys Introduce Purebred Hogs and Poultry To Florence County Farm. New Community Spirit and B.-ighte: Prospects Result. unders'lze. 70 r, 1 O.LJ. last month and a ten year average of j t.re belt as of June 23rd, namely, FLORIDA -Ten to twelve days, gg n, compard w th 70.0 on May 13th -t^. Cultivation good to fair, stands fair to good. Plant Weather more favorable and pros-j rpj ie j owes j. j une condition cn rcc- pects promising, | V/, other. A few (appealing. Ample labor and mules. J a new | ow> A.LABAMA Twelve days to three ^ w ith the season from two to three week;, late. CuLination poor to bad., ly^oks late, it will require most ideal Many reports of grassy fields.] Stards fa r to bad. Plant under j ire. Weevil reports becoming general be- with dry. hot 1 ord since 18 9 3 : s (59.2 i n 1921 so that leports of weevil r p Cr ce ntage of 68.7 for this month hand. Talk about Republican discip line—a more masterly handling of a situation, critical in more than one aspect for future unity and construc tive power, was never seen in this country. Finally, we would remark on the subordinary contrast between this convention and that of four years ago. The points of antithesis are too emphatic to need mention here. Today the party enters upon a great struggle with the strength of unity, the energy of enthusiasm and of ficered by men, who mean to win. A vast difference is there between cause of excessive rainfall. Some scattered ccmpla’nts of lice. Ma y correspondents fear abandonin'nt of acreage unless the weather clears.! Ample labor and miller. Prospects poor. MISSISSIPPI—Fifteen to twenty days late with some south and south western counties reporting fully four works late. Cultivation and stands cl * .;itsr conditions from row or* and g'i’culv restricted weevil and other >. • * rct.vrty to overcome the poor start. Tire irdicated acreage is 41,018,- 0C0. (a 5 pT cent ’nerease) com pared with 41.305,000 acres planted iasfc year ar.d 44,838,000 reported last monih. Correspce dents in ihe central and western states fear that with a con- t nuation of excessive rainfall some of the acreage will be lost as many fair to poor. Many grassy fields.’ fields are grassy and time to clean is Plant undersize. Too much rain in { rapidly passing, northern and southern counties until Weevils arc appearing over June 14th. More rain in north on 23rd. Unless have clear, hot weath- aaea although as yet no damage is reported because of the laton^s.i of er, heavy destruction by the weevil i the season, which in turn means a expected. Some fear of abandonment of acreage. LOUIS AN A—Two weeks to twen ty days late with some correspond ents in southern parishes reporting further small plant and delayed fruitage. Since the date of our survey (Jure 23rd,) belated reports received ind - cate further deterioration. J. W. JAY & CO. Elim vas an ordinary country com munity in Florence County in 192 i cotton farming, tenantry, very litth community pride, little livestock c.n-i that, inferior. But in 1925 it becum- a land apart unto itself, took on nev life, took pride in the livestock, an-' began new methods that are still car rying them uphill, for a 4-H club wa. born. That year 15 Elim boys entered th. pig club and fattened grade hogs. Tin boys stirred up some enthusiasm over, their pigs. They had lively meeting* and their parents came about as oitci as the;/, which was every meetin; night. Some of the boys decided tha* if they could make money on grad-, hogs they should certainly make mon on purebreds and at the same tint could make the community over into a center for purebred Poland China hogs, in the country. Over half of the clul membership turned the year’s pi?, profits into the purchase «of good purebred gilts, all of the one breed Other boys took money from their pockets and outright bought purebred pigs. Result: Practically all of the club pigs now are purebreds, many oi the parents have bought purebreds of the same breeds and County Agent Ward McLendon thinks the commun ity will soon have 100 per cent pure bred Poland Chinas, which was the vision of the clubsters. In 1926, the boys organized a 4-H marketing club to handle all the eggs of the community on a standard basis and get better prices. They drew up a contract, which patrons signed, agreeing that they would offer none but first-class eggs of average size or over and would pay the club 5 per cent for collecting, candling, packing and selling. The boys agreed they would pay more for the eggs than the average farmers receive when they de liver to town. Beginning the middle of June the boys handled about forty dozen eggs a week for 13 weeks at an average price of 40 cents a dozen, a total business of $208. Their goal for last year’s egg ring was a $1,000 busi ness. That year the Rotary Club gavt each member of Elim Club a setting o, purebred eggs. In 1927, Elim club had 90 per cent purebred sows, 100 per cent purebrei flocks (275 chickens, in all), and 10i per cent of the boys could make gooi agricultural talks. They expect t< have some purebred chickens on ev ery farm in the community before thit year is over. Agriculture is picking up in Elin: Community of Florence county and parents are as enthusiastic about club work as are the boys. "$12000 to build- $15000 to re-build, insure for todays valuer FAR loo many home . owners make the mistake of insuring for the original value instead of for the present-day replacement cost. Re-building is the big service of fire insurance. Insure for full value so that you can rebuild if fire comes. There is no surer protec tion than a policy in the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Let this agency esti mate the cost of replacing your home, and show you how little Hartford protec tion costs. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick, S. C. INI ADVS, FOR SALE- 0ne fr T h ’, i u!I r <sr " sey Milch Cow, $90 00. ftenHc. E. M. Morgan, R. 2, P’um B arch. S C. 4 tpo. WAi\nyi#~ Becf Cattlc and Heavy — H-gs. J. L. Smith, McCormick, S. C. WANTFIV“ clerks ' App] y to H - DrucI:er> Main street, McCormick, S. C. FCR RENT- P f« i:: et h Z e n ” ed or unfurnished, with lights and water. Apply to G. C. Patterson, McCormick, S. C. FOUND—Th ree hogs, which owner ^ ULlll/ can ky describing and paying cost R. S. Martin, Route 2, Box 22, McCormick, S. C. r'ATTf P— Am P a yi n £ highest LfiilLiEj market price for choice beef cattle. A. H. Faulkner, McCormick, S. C. COTTON— Good Middling 22 rtrVt Middling 22 1-t M : ddling 22 1-2 Cotton Seed. bu. 60 cts Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen 25 cts. Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18 cts. Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.75 Flour per barrel $9.00 to $12.50 Butter per lb. 50 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 Com perjbu. $1.35 Fine Feed, 75 lbs. $2.25 Oats per bu. 90 cts. Wheat per bu. $1.50 Cheese per lb. 35 cts.