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jr SDi f ^Thursday, July 12, 1928 'll! (is h .i > Paf>e Number Two Accommodations For \ Assembly Visitors :§ At Greenville Meet ir'' False Report Corrected; Mr. J. Jt N. Barnett Of Nashville, jj! Tenn., To Attend j COLUMBIA, July 10.—An an nouncement of interest to hundreds of people in South Carolina comes from the office of Mr. J. L. Corzine, di rector of the Baptist General As sembly and c*f the Sunday Schools and B. Y. P. U. of the state. A re port had gone out that there would not be ample accommodations for thq people attending the Assembly which begins at Greenville^, S. C., on July 16th. and continues through the 29th, due to the fact that the Fur man University Summer School will be in session at the same time. A conference was held in Greenville last Mcv.day attended by Mr. Corzine, director; Mr. C. M. Gr'ffin, associ ate di:*ector; and Mrs. W. J. Hatch er, superintendent of the Sunbeam Camp; in behalf of the Assembly management; and Drs. W. J. Mc- Glothlin, Harry Clark, R. N. Dani- els, D. M. Ramsey, G. W. Quick, Mr A. G. Taylor and Miss McMillan representing Furman University and the local Greenville people, in work ing out all the details connected with the enterprise. Plans were perfect ed so that a number of buildings neaii Furman campus will be pressed into use during the two weeks of ms 2 ■t it mm mmhe Now is the .time for the housewife to can the sur plus vegetables and fruits for use in dreary days next winter. We have a large and complete stock of containers and all necessary equipment for the purpose, and urge you to call at our store and make your selection. We also have window and door screens, screen wire, electric irons, electric fans, and many other things to make life more pleasant in hot weather. Come in and let us show you. WHITE HARDWARE CO. MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C. S3 m CAN UN Can all you can while you can so you can save. We have the cans so that you can CAN. Start now and keep it up through the summer. • SOLID CAR OF CANS JUST RECEIVED Nos. 2 & 3 Sanitary, Nos. 2 & 3 Sold er Top and No. 3 Wax Top. Burpee Sanitary Sealers. Soldering Fluid. Extra Can Tops too. Mail orders fill ed promptly. GAMBRELL HARDWARE CO. Greenwood, S. C. Kill Germ Laden Flies —»nd keep them away. Bee Brandi nsect Pow der or Liquid kills Flies, Ants, Roaches, Poultry Lice, Mosquitoes, Fleas, Bed Bugs, and other in sects. Won’t spot or stain. Use powder on plants and pets. Write us for FREE -insect booklet. If dealer can’t supply, we will ship by parcel post at prices named. McCORMICK CC CO., Baltimore, Md. BEE BRAND Powder Liquid 10c & 25c 50c & 75c. 50c 6T $1.00 $1.25 30c (Spray Gun) 35c Bee Brand ^ INSECT POWDER ZM ORLIQUW •7g:P*RO p< g- SERVICE We are prepared to render, on short notice and at very moderate prices, up-to-date undertaking service in or out of town and county. Embalming on short notice and at reasonable price. Free ambulance service in town or county. Call or see G. P. or G. H. McCain or J. B. §mith B. P IfCAIN Undertaker, McCormick, S. C. PHONE NO. 77. the Assembly, and with the spacious dining hall of Fu man ready to erve meals to large numbers, there i' no longer any question as to the com fort of the Assembly guests or of the ability of the management to care for all who attend. Announcement is also made that Mr. J. N. Barnett of Nashville, Tenn., will attend the Sunday Schoci convention sect’on of the Assembly which comes during the second Week. Mr. Barnett is a native of Noitb Carolina where he made a great rec ord i n the development -'of a rural Sunday School. ’ Th6 Baptist Sunday School Board secured his ^ services and he edrtinues .to specialize in ru ral Sunday school work. He will be a speaker at the Assembly and will al so con4uct a number of conferences with rural Sunday 'thool worker". v According to the plans worked cut at the conference tirj Su. bea;.. Camp will have one enr’re dormitory on Furman campus and it n row ex pected that the enrollmciTC wil^ ex ceed that of last year when mc/e than 170 registered for this particu lar camp. The state conference of the Woman’s Missionary Societies will be held during the first week al- so^ard a large number of Baptist women w 11 be in attendance. The first session of the school o- preacheA will begin on Tuesday July 17th, afid' continue ft*r five days. A faculty of real specialists will be on hand to lead the pastors in the class work and to deliver lec tures. The advance registration for this new feature has already exceed ed the hope of the management and there is every reason to believe that th's school will prove popular. The evangelistic conference n Monday, July 23rd, followed by the Sunday School convention in session for thiee days, and then the B. Y. P. U. convention for the remaining three days of the last w r eek, will furnish a splendid program each day, and the Biblical Chautauqua will be a feature for the evening hours. CHAS. M. GRIFFIN, Chmn. of Public’ty. VO -TXI- Spread Of Tularemia To New England States Is Averted The danger of introduc’ng wild rabbits from (<‘her States in an ef fort to bliild up the depleted supply of game, rather than allowing the native stock to recru’t its ranks by the help of proper conservation methods, is forcibly illustrated by recent developments in Massachu setts, whe:e prompt action by the State department of conservation re sulted in the detection of tularemia in a shipment on cottontails from the West, and their total dcstruct on. By this salutary action the introduction of this disease into New England was averted and a lesson emphasized that is of vital importance to all in dividuals and organ'zatior.s in any way interested in our native fauna. Investigations carried c ; n by the United States Public Health Service and the Biological Survey have dem- onsti'ated the fact that the bacterial disease “tularemia” is especially prevalent in wild rabbits. These ani mals. in common with some other species, serve $s reservoirs from which the disease is transmitted to other animals, and to man by th? bite of certain flies and ticks, rhe latter also carrying the organism through the winter and transmitting it through their eggs to the fcliov. - ing generation. Tularemia was first detected in girur.d squirrels in Tulare County. CaliZ, :'n 1910, and in 1919 in Utah, was definitely established as the source of a disease of human beings that had been long known under various names, including deer-fly fever, and which was frequently fat al. Within the past few years more than 500 cases cl tularemia in man, with about 20 -fatalit'es, have come to the notice of physicians. The dis ease is often contracted by cutting up the bodies of suck rabbits. This method of infection seems especially common in the Eastern States. It is obv : ous that the introduction of wild rabbits and other species of game from one part of the country to another may be at any time pro ductive of consequences of the ut most gravity. Not only is there danger tc the species directly con cerned, but other valuable game and fur-bearing animals and game birds, and even man himself, may suffer serious illness or death, on ^ whole sale scale, as the result of a single introduction in itself; unimportant from any standpoint. XXI The kind of presidential candidate most people wc-'ald like to vote for this fall, is the one who cares more for the nation, than the nomination. — 1XI Money is a great thing. It talks in every language, yet it never attend ed a college. dr And if our young lady were asked to translate F. R. P. in her own inimitable lingo, she would probably say ^Faith ful Red Pal”—it's helped her over many a mile of life’s high way— and then again there would be millions who would translate it as the "Famous Red Pump,” with the “ Standard "globe, meaning, of course, the "Standard” red pump, that's everywhere along every highway in the State. It*8 a mighty handsome couple we picture here. Typical of American youth the country over. They like speed and power and the ability to cover the miles, to see the wide and smiling world. And that’s why, like so many others, they pick these “raring” power twins, “Standard” Gaso line and “Standard” Motor Oil. Like older and more experienced motorists everywhere, they know they will make any car do its very top most best. CASOL1N STAWPARP An Economic Failure (A. C. L. Railway Bulletin.) Government operation of the Mis- sissIppi-Warrlor R've-r Barge Serv ice has now extended over a ten-year period, and in the cpir.ion cf Profes sor R. W. Harbeson, Head of the De partment of Economics. St. Law- Ance University, “there seems to be no alternative but to judge the ex periment an economic fa’lure.” A compilation by Professor Harbe son, shows that the barge service for the period 1918-1923 incurred a de ficit of $5,586,963. In 1924 the de ficit was $532,610, and in 1925 it was $34,519. In 1926 thei’e was a “net income” of $219,511. “The above results ” Professor Haibese n -states in the current issue of the National Gazette, “are obtain ed simply by subtracting operating and miscellaneous expenses from op erating income. Nothing is said about interest or taxes. Accepting the statement in the corporation’s 1926 report to the effect that its property had ‘a pi<esent-day value of app:ox'mately $15,000,000,’ the item of interest at 5 per cent would amount to $750,000 per year alone. Yet the Ordinary private business would in this case have set aside that amount under the head of cap ital charges. “In addition, it would have to pay taxes of various kinds to the Fed eral state and local governments, set aside reserves ard make provis- on for dep:ceiat : on. Only after these deductions are made can we arrive a’ the amount of the true net V.comc, a part of which must be set aside in order to provide fer exten sions and improvements and a part devotee; to paying dividends suffi cient te attract the requisite capi tal into the business. “Fu thermore. we have said noth ing ah« ut the outlays for the con struct’ n and maintenance of the chann Is on which barge lines oper ate, v. i ieh have been provided at public expense, while the rail lines with v lich these barge lines com pete p ovide their own right of way, pay taxes on it ard bear heavy out lays (n construction and mainten ance accounts. “Enough has been said to show conclusively that the ‘profit’ which the barge lines reported for the first time in 1926 is purely a fiction of government accounting. I n no sense can the barge I’nes be said to have paid for themselves. Nor can we properly speak of any ‘savings’ ac cruing to the public by shipping over the barge lines, so long as no allow ances are made for interest on the investmert in terminals and float ing ceu'.prnent, for the taxes from which the barge lines are exempt and for their pro iata chare e' ? the. expense of construct.ng and ma’n- taining the navigable channels cn wh’ch they operate. The rail lines with which they compete beau all of these expenses, provide for exten sions and improvements, and in order to attract the requisite capital pay div'dends besides. “The 20 per cent reduction under the rates quoted by competing rail lines which is given to barge line shippers can scarcely be supposed to c-ffset the additional costs mention ed above which the rates do not cov- ei* although no one can answer this Question definitely until proper ac counting methods are instituted. “The traffic of the barge lines is for the most part not new traffic but merely traffic diverted from competing rail carriers. The reduc tion in the revenues of competing ra’l lines resulting f^om this diver sion will, if carried far, present us with the alternative of having rail- riKad credit, and consequently rail- read service, impaired, or of paying higher rates on the traffic left to the ra’liPads. Clearly this would not be a pleasant choice to make.” (Adapted from an article in “Rail road Data”) X Alfalfa and clover are among the best pasture crops for sheep. Be cause of the great danger of bloat ing, however, sheep should never be turned on such pastures when wet with dew or rain. Moreover, sjieep should be accustomed to clover or al falfa pasture gradually by giving them a full feed of blue gi*ass pas ture or legume hay before turning them cn the new pasture. The danger from bleating seems to vary with different sections of the coun try, so that the accumulated experi ence of a neighborhood is usually better advice on the subject of bloat ing than are general recommenda tions from outside sources. 1 XT A town the other day adve.*tisod that they were gAng to build five nu.es ci : idewaik. That is a waste mo. ey. No one u'Cs a sidewalk Isolation In Business Passes move. Newspaper advertising can right fully be pointed out as the backbone of business *n American towns today. There are various forms of advertis ing—di:‘ect mail, bill bc-ards, maga zines, newspapers and various other forms—but the one in which the big gest pull and influence results, is no doubt attributed to newspapers. The home town newspaper, wheth er it is published in McCormick, or in some state hundreds of miles away, goes into homes because it is wanted there—because sdmeone has paid for having that paper sent in to the home. Whe n that newspaper goes into the home., the merchants send their messages in the same wrapper. Those messages form a most vital part of that newspaper. Advertisers of na tional repute are becoming more and more convinced that the local news paper reaches the people they want in preference to many cf the highly colored, expensive magazine pages that feature our news stands today. A traveling salesman the other day, representing a line of goods used by a large per cent of the peo ple, stated that his firm spent an enormous amount of money in adver tising that business in a magazine of national circulation. Of this vast circulation within his territory of one state and several sections ad joining, the firm received eight in quiries from the advertisment. The salesman followed up these eight inauiries and failed to make a single sale. He adm tted that if tnat money had been spent in the home town newspaper within his territory, he would have had more business than he would have been able to take care of. Advertising not only informs the people of the community that the advertising merchant has the goods, but creates a demand for the goods where there has been none before. Take your own case fo; 1 instance. How oflen have you been induced to stop n a store a nd buy a certain article that you wanted but would rot have remembered to buy had you ret net .o.l the ad in the newspaper? The ag< of isolation in business is past, a d the fellow who wants to progre: must keep on h’s toes and stay ah. .ast of the times.