McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 02, 1928, Image 2

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W Thursday, August 2, 1928 'RUfCs iJljK, McC- t * uth Carolina. Page Number Two * / It is not surprising that this o3 saves your motor for it*s an oilier oil specially made to lubricate ; , better and stand up i to the I last drop “STANDARD MOTOR OIL “Standard?* Greases, Transmission Oil and Gear Compound are made with the same care \ as ^Standard?* motor fuels and motor oils. sT *11-1 standard motou o«i m How much do you spend for gasoline? How much for tires? When did your battery last have water? The “Standard" Motor Record will tell you. Ask your “Standard” Service Station or dealer for a free copy. STANDARD letter Lubrication V, for a Longer Time In his engine laboratory, a large truck manufacturer made a fifty-hour test to compare ‘'Standard” Motor Oil with other oils under the same operating conditions. “Standard” Motor Oil not only showed 5 per cent greater initial speed, but maintained this speed during the test. With the other motor oils, the number of revolutions per minute at the end of the fifty hours was only half as great as at the beginning. This shows why in a modern, high speed motor “Standard” Motor Oil can be depended upon to pro vide a greater margin of safety. r “Standard” Products Made in The Carolinas. High Taxes Will Bring Inevitable Reaction President Coolidgc’s recent warn ing against gctyernr.cntal extravag ance strikes ab’y at one of the most important problems we have to con- si's-'r. Where, over a four-year per iod from 1921 to 1925 the cost of Federal government was reduced $2.- 000,000,000, th's saving was more than o'fset by an increase of $3'500,- 000,000 ; n the cost cf local govern ments. Since that time other in creases have been recorded. This mounting cost of local gov ernments is a definite menace to our prosperity. A long period of good times has been to an extent respon sible for c'ur overlooking the conse quences. But, as President Coolidge says: “Already the adverse effects of the great increase in such ex penditures, with the corresponding :iise in their taxes are being felt. With much capital in the country, new investments are showing a tend ency to be insufficient to furn'sh as good a market as we could wish for labor. While no serious unemploy ment exists, and the trend of wages is still advancing, if all the money that can be made in employing labor is going to be taken away in local taxes, old and establ'shed industries will attempt to struggle along, but new enterprise is not going to be un dertaken.” Unles s steps are taken to remedy the matter the inevitable reaction must set in. Governmental extrav agance and high taxes can itesult on ly in business depression. Local gov ernments must emulate the example of the Federal government and practice scientific, progressive econ omy. , X Just as the editor begins to learn i how to write “baccalaureate,” with out look ng it up every time, along comes “chautauqua” that puzzles him again. Jhr Economical Transportation PS J £[ 7 CHEVROLET/i 1 — r - IV Choice of the Nation>1928/ /J i\ >/> Over 750,000 Bigger and Better Chevrolets delivered since Jan.l st l Acclaimed byjhundreds of thousands everywhere as the world’s most luxurious low-priced car, the Bigger and Better Chevrolet has enjoyed such tremendous preference on the part of buyers that today it stands first choice of the nation for 1928! Over 750,000 new Chevrolets delivered to owners since January 1st! The largest number of automobiles sold this year by any single manufacturer! Never has any Chevrolet enjoyed such overwhelming public en dorsement—for never has any low-priced car com bined such impressive performance, such delightful comfort, and such distinctive style. Come in and inspect the car that has won such spectac ular nationwide approval. You 11 find quality you never thought possible in a low-pnced automobile! 'w/i > > jr The Too ring $ C or Ro*d»ter . . i 2Sp«......?595 The 4-Door $^7*? Sedan t The Convertible ...?695 The COACH *585 The Imperial $71 ff Landau ...... ■ A J Utility Truck (Chassis Only) Light Delivery $'l f 7C (Chassis Only) dl p Flit nt, Mich. {ft+oir Chevrolet Delivered Prleee They Include the lowest handling and financing chargea available u (HICK CHEVROLET CO. 'L*I TJY VXTT McCORMICK, S. C. W OTS THINGS WORTH KNOWING Poultry Farmers ' Field Day At 1 Sumter On 22nd Nine c.ties have been capital of the United States. Synthetic emeralds have never born mrce satisfactorily. Eerl.n is pia 'nir.g an international aeronautic cxh-bAion in the spring of 1929. Suits cf plate armor came into ure about the end of the thirteenth century. A window box with glass sides and curtains has been devised to hold a baby so that it can get its sunbath and fresh air ration from an apart ment window. The pink boll worm that attacks cotton is a natvie of India. The largest dried fruit industry in the United States is the raisin in dustry. In some Hungarian villages girls still wear from thirteen to seventeen petticoats. Children worry more than adults realize, says a child specialist cf New Jersey. The great pyramid of King Khufu in Egypt cover’s thirteen acres and contains over 3,000,000 huge blocks of limestone. New regulations for moving pic ture theatres in Greece prohibit chil dren under ten years from entering these theatres. A very thin film of gold added to glass is used in making windows which are transparent from one side but entirely c^paque f.om the other side. A Red Cross chapter in South Carolina has a “loan cow” which is lent to poor families throughout the county when they particularly need milk. Dog fleas can not be trained to perform as well as human parasites. SUMTER, August 1.—The annual “Poultry Farmers Field Day” cf the South Caiolina Poultry Breeders As sociation will be held here Wednes day August 22, according to an nouncement made today by J. J. Whilden, of Sumter, president of the association. This will be th^ third event of this kind to be held in South Carolina. The first “Poultry Farmers Field Day” was held at McCormick in July of 1926 and was attended by more than 600 men and women interest'd in the development of the poultry industry. Last year the association held its annual “F.eld Day” at Clem- son Coli'ge in connection with “Far mers WJeek.” This meeting drew at tendance from every section of the state. Mr. Whilden, who is widely known: throughout the United States in poultry circles, has been working o.i plans for the annual gathering for- several weeks. He stated today 1 that, he expected the attendance this year to exceed all previous meetings du3 to the growing interest in South Car olina in poultry work. The South Ca/olina Poultry Breed ers Associatic'n was organized twelve- years ago. The organization has held a show in connect.on with the State Fair at Columbia every year since it was formed. During that time the number of specimens entered has steadily increased, while the quality is said to equal that of any exhibi tion in the country. The organization has taken an interest in the ship ping of market poultry and the of ficers and members feel gratified at the uapid development of this phase of the work. Another feature to ate tract a great deal of attention is that of the baby chick industry in this state. A number of large hatch eries have developed and today the baby chick business in South Car olina runs into the hundreds of thou sands of dollars. IXI SHOE STUDIES An area of Nigeria about half as big as Texas is suitable for cotton growing. Tiny plants in the sea calted dia toms, manufacture literally tons of sugar a day. Almost eve y state in the United States is infested with termites which destroy wood. The Japar.rse government has of - ficially adopted the^metric system of weighs and measures. Plans for an Italian airship ex pedition over the polar regions next spring are being made. . Codfish caught along the North Ameiican Atlantic coast amount to more than 1,000,000,000 pounds each year. Germany has established 2,000 aid stations along the roads to help au- tomobilists with emergency repairs. A Chinese superstition says that when crabs are found in abundance war is at hand. X Although alslke clover is used very little for ensilage, good silage can b made from it either alcne, with corn, or some grass crop. The secret o success lies in thorough packing. One more man is usually required fo 1 tramping than is necessary in ensil ing corn. Alsike should be put into the silo fresh and moist, if it gets dry between the t;me of being cu’ and put into the silo, wat« r should be added. The formation of air poek ets should be avoided or spoiling wil result. ,X_- The Chinchilla rabbi J introduced into this country only ten years ago, inis ga.ntd rapidly in popularity and oas be.'.’ persistently promoted, par- icula ly for _ts : ur value. According _ () ti le u. S Department of Agr.cul tuie, the Chinchilla offers unusua possibilities to persons who will do vclip its good qualities. Effort should be made to inci'ase the s.i«.c of the b:ecd and to improve the color and texture of the fur, as the future of the Chirchllla depends scj ly upon its value as a food and fur producer. These rabbits should be bred only three times a year, in stead of four °r five a s is the gen eral practice and should bp allowed to raise only four or five young in a litter. Each of us buys, theoretically at least, three pairs of shoes a year. This means some 350(000,000 pairs annually. Half of the hides and skins that go to make leather for th :se shoes a:*e imported, principallv from As a, South America, and Af rica, where people do not wear shces so much. The United States is not self-supporting in the matter of leather and b ather goods, a nd in case of war the chances are that many cf us would have to go without shoe', if imports of raw materials w T ere in terrupted. The U. S. Department of Agricutui'e believes that our de pendence upon foreign supplies can be very greatly reduced through bet ter practices -in the- domestic pro duction of i'athor-making raw ma terials, through more judicious or common-sense selections by the pub lic of leather g:ods, and finally through pre'per ca^le of such leather goods; with elimination of their abuse and misuse. The hide, leather, and tanning investigations carried on by the department all aim at conserva tion along these lines. Each year millions of dollars are lost in this country in hides and skins, much of wilich can be prevented by the ap plication of correct methods of prep-- aiation and marketing, which w’ovrid' result in making available to the tanner not only more hides and skim but better or^s, from which in turn wculd result more and better leather. txt The collcct'on and destruction of peach “drops” is an aid in preventing the development cf the adult plum curculio, the most serious insect pest attacking the peach and one which is esp' ciaily abundant in the Southern States. Thc.'e are often two genera tions c f ihe curculio, the second- brcod adults emerging from the soil in August. Most of the small peach es that are punctured early in the sersen by the curculio fall to the grounc’j and the collection of these drops will get about 90 per cent of the worms that fall to the ground during the season and will also leave fewer beetles in the orchard after harvest to hibernate and attack the crop the succeeding year. All drops shoulel ^either be buried in a trench and covered with quick lime before the soil is filled in, or they should be submerged in boiling water. 666 Cu res Chills and Fever, Interm'itent, Remittent and Bilioite Fever due to Malaria It Kills The Germs