McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 30, 1928, Image 3
Thursday, August 30, 1923
McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, Soufn CmroUmm.
Page Number Huftl
Feed The Pigs A
Balanced Ration
' ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 28—The :
value of a scientifically balanced ra
tion for fatte. ing pigs t;. marketable
weight in a rhort length cf time has
been proved beyond the shadow, of;
a doubt by the results of the Taylor
County P’g Club contest sponsored,
by the Abilene Chamber of Com
merce and Lions’ Club working in
conjunction with County Agent J. R.
Maste:son.
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Sixty-six boys and girls partici- j
pated in the contest and its chief ob
jective was to demonstrate the bene-
1 its of the balanced ration idea in
the feeding of livestock.
The pigs were fed only 120 days.)
Their average initial weight was 39.1
pounds. At the close of the contest
the average weight per pi& wa ^
pounds, making the average gain in
weight per pig 195 pounds. The boys
and g rls of the club paid $5.00 fo
each pig. Average feeding cost was
$15.77 resulting in an average total
cost whrn marketed °f $20 77. The
average price received per one hund
red pounds of pork was $12.98, which
gave a net profit per pig of $9.73.
To achieve these remarkable re
sults, cottonseed meal, a high protein
feed, was mixed with home-grown
grains and tankage. The propor
tions were as follows:
89 Parts Grain.
7 Parts 43 per cent Cc'ttonsccd
Meal.
4 Pa:ts Tankage.
Mall Carrier—No man suffers more
on account of other people’s bills
than I.
Friend—How’s that? '
M. C.—Dally I bear the burden of
them all.
j THE
| “EAGLE EYE”
By ALVAH J. GARTH.
A BOUNCING BOY
• • •
-o- COMING TO THE -o-
DIXIE THEATRE
’ FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
August 31, September 1st, at 8:30 p. m.
D. D. GRIFFITH
presents
“AMERICA”
a thrilling story^f Ldvc and Romanci
• • •
i thrilling story^i Liovc. ana xvomanc.
by RORERT W. CHAMBERS
the moot fam-
after the
Sec the heart-shaking r’de of Paul Revere
ous dramatic scene in the centuity.
D. W. Griffith’s “America,” a romantic story
style of Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
The story of the sacrifice made by our forefathers during
the Revolution is romantict insipring and thrill ng beyond
descriptions.
Through this story is inteiwdve n a beautiful romance.
Harriette Underhill in the Tribune says “ a great love sto-V-”
. It is also absolutely correct historically.
SEE the beginnings and causes that made necessary a
great sacrifice.! -
SEE the gorgeous scenes in the Court of King George III!
SEE the old house of Burgesses in Virginia, wheie sat
Washington, Patrick Henry "and Jefferson, the fou n ders of our
Republic!
See the magnificent ride of Paul Revere, said b, T New
Herald to be the most thrilling scene ever filmed!
SEE the gathering of the American patriots at Lexington
and Concord. 77 Americans standing against 800 British
Regulars at Lexington.
SEE the magnificent "Valley Forge.
SEE the surrender of Cornwallis, and the inauguration of
the first President cf the Un ted States
SEE the assault on Fort Sacrifice and the rescue of the
Americans by Washington’s favorite uni!J the “Liberty or
Death” brigade of iyior;;-an’s Rifles.
Greater than “The Birth of a Nation ”
NOTE:—We are forced to raise the admission 01* this pic
ture to children 15 cents and Adults 35 cents.
Never shown at these prices before. -
Little May—Mother, Is the batf
made of rubber?
Mother—Why, no, my dear. Whj
60 you ask?
Little May—I heard Uncle John saj
be’s a bouncing boy.
NO BRAINS
'''tiers?
“He Isn’t a very bright fellow.”
“No, he couldn’t have brain fevei
Without borrowing the material.”
ALSO—M. G. M. NEWS
SCHOLAR'S FALL
Fresh—What was the noise in th«
class room.
Soph—Don’t know, unless It was
Brown.
Fresh—What happened?
Soph—He fell down on his exam.
A CONNOISSEUR
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The drink that
has outgrown
seasons
Drink
Delicious and I
Once upon a time
most people thought
of it only as a hot-
weatherdrink.Then
everybody learned
that it is good to
pause and refresh
yourself regardless
of weather.
8 million a day
Greenwood Coca-Cola
Bottling Company,
Greenwood, S.‘C.
E!-«
IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS
Old-Man Turtle—My, but those one
piece bathing suits are stylish.
COSTLY NAKEDNESS
gr
t *T>o society women recognize au;
rule in dressing?”
“To be sure they do—>more money
less clothes!”
SHIP US YOUR COTTON AND LET US
SELL IT FOR YOU
We will get you the full market value
and good weights
OUR CHARGES ARE REASONABLE
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Liberal advances made on consignments
WIENGES & CO.
Cotton Factors
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA'
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TOO MODEST
Bug: Shucks, every time I try to
kiss Miss Snail, she goes In her
shell.
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SAFE PROPA
GANDA
What’s the
idea of a little
firm like yours
with s massive
safe like that?
It helps the
, morale of our
creditors.
tCopyrisht. 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
Reuben Cleland walked to the door
of ins office and stared out at -the wet
and muddy street, then at the pools
where the sidewalk sagged. He took
a sniff of the air in a consequentfai
expertlike way.
“I I’m!” he observed, “it will prob
ably keep oc raining for twenty-four
hours. “Wind’s right, and notice how
the falling drops form bubbles—sure
sign."
Silas Deane, seated comfortably tn-
side, sniffed also,., but secretly, and
with a certain degree of contempt.
“The sure-thing wiseacre!” he mut
tered. “Of course there’s bubbles
where the awning drips.”
“Seen my new manager, Deane?”
inquired Cleland.
“I haven’t,” rather snappily retort
ed Deane. “Seems to me for old
friendship’s sake you might have given
Norman a try at the Job.**
“Your son is too young and inex
perienced for such an important posi
tion,” observed Cleland. “Isn’t he
doing well enough? He is making a
good record and money on the road
and he’s adapted to it. Besides, Deane,
to tell you the truth he and Ellice
were getting pretty friendly. I have
my ideas about the kind of husband
she needs—some one a little older
than herself. I think I’ve found my
man in Ward Robinson, my new mana
ger."
“So?” and Deane pursed his lips
sourly. “When’s he coming?”
“Tomorrow. I engaged him in the
city last week. Tell you, Deane, I’m
a man of intuition. Just as I have
won the record of being a weather
prophet, so I can read men. When I
do business with one I study his eyes.
I did it with Robinson. He’s got an
eye like an eagle. You know that the
first thing an eagle does when it gets
its young is to lift them in turn high
up over its nest. It holds them in
turn facing the sun. If any one of
them blinks, then down it goes among
the rocks. Robinson has got the right
kind of eyes. Looks you straight in
the face and never a quiver.”
“Isn’t a hawk that way, too?”
queried Deane, a slight touch of sar
casm in his tone. “I say, though,”
and he chuckled, “if you don’t hit the
eagle eye business any surer than you
do the weather, better shut up shop
Good-by,” for a glow of bright sun
shine told of clearing skies.
Silas Deane was glad to give Reu
ben Cleland a dig. They had been old
friends for nearly half a century azd
Cleland had shown real neighborli
ness in taking Norman Deane into his
employ. For one thing, however,
Deane could not forgive him. As soon
ns Cleland discovered that his daugh
ter. Ellice, and Norman naturally ter
minated boy and girl companionship
in the real love of maturer years, he
made it a point to keep Norman on
the road most of the time, and when
Norman paid a flying visit home the
watchful and politic father kept his
own “eagle eye” closely upon him.
The new manager appeared next
day and on the surface presented all
the earmarks of the kind of man
after Reuben Cleland’s owif heart. He
suggested discipline in every linea
ment of his cold, unsympathetic face.
His “eagle eye” was his stronghold.
With its noneompassionate glitter he
transfixed the work shirker and
cowed down the victim whose wages
he had elected to cut into a sort of
resigned despair. He was a neat,
methodical, not altogether an unhand
some man, but the first time she met
him Ellice secretly shuddered.
• Her father was proud of this effi
ciency ornament of his business and
bragged about Robinson wherever he
went, invited him to the home and at
the end of two months intimated to
Ellice that Robinson had fallen deep
ly in love with her, had asked his con
sent as to telling her so, and plainly
declared that he did not think he
could find a more acceptable son-in-
law.
“Oh. papa!” exclaimed Ellice, “I
have never dreamed of this. It dis-
tresscs—it overcomes me. Please let
me go and visit Cousin Ruth Gordon
in Brocton and think it over before 1
give an answer.”
“That’s all right,” nodded her fa
ther. reserving from his daughter his
intention of writing their relative to
encourage the match in every way.
But self-contained, autocratic Reu
ben Cleland knew gentle, sympathetic
Ruth Gordon’s heart as little as he
understood that of Ellice. He little
realized how daring the latter could
he when her life's happiness was at
stake. At the end of a week Ellice
returned home, but not until Norman
Deane had been summoned for a fleet
ing hour to Brocton to consummate a
plan formed by Ellice and her cousin.
The evening she returned home her
father called her into the library.
Ward Robinson was also an occupant.
“My dear,” spoke Cleland. “there
isn’t any need of circumlocution or
delay. You have known Mr. Robin
son for some time. You are aware
rbat he loves you. What have you tc
say?”
“This will have to answer for me,"
replied Ellice extending a folded docu
ment.
“What is *t?” questione<l Reuben
Cleland in wonder.
“It is only my marriage certificate,”
renllcd Ellice humbly. “Oh, papa!
don’t blame two loving souls who
luive been engaged for over a jear.”
Rcit«e.i Cleland collapsed. Those
eagle eyes of Ward Robinson blinked
for once in his llfd.
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41 Smith Promises
tP
Dry Lav/ Enforcement
IOWEVER HE BELIEVES IN
MODIFICATION OF THE 18TH
AMENDMENT
The following is taken from Gov-
e’.Tior Alfred E. Smith’s speech of ac
ceptance of the Democratic nomina-
tic-n for the presidency, and em
braces all references to the 18th
amendment or the Volstead act in the
address.
The president of the United States
has two const’tutional duties with
respect to prohibition. The first is
embedied in his oath of office. If,
with one hand on the Bible and the
other hand reaching up to Heaven,
I promise the people of this country
that “I will faithfully execute the of
fice of president of the United States
and to the best of my ability pre
serve, protect and defend the Consti
tution of the United States,” you
may be sute that I shall live up to
that oath to the last degree. I shall
to the very limit execute the pledge
of our platform “to make an honest
endeavor to enforce the 18th Amend
ment and all other provisions of the
Federal Constitution and all laws en
acted pursuant thereto.”
The president does not make the
laws. He does his best to execute
them whether he likes them or not
The corruption in enforcement activ
ities which caused a former Repub
lican prohibition administ’.ator tc
state that three-fourths of the dry
agents were political ward he>der:-
named by politicians without regarci
to civ‘1 service laws and that prohi
bition is the “new political petk bar
rel,” I will ruthlessly stamp out. Such
conditions cannot and will not exist
under any administratio.i presidc-c
over by me.
Censlituticnal Duties of the President
The second constitutional duty im
posed upon the President is “To rec
ommend to the Congress such meas
ures a 3 he shall judge necessary and
expedient!” Opin'on upon prohibition
cuts souarely across the two great
political parties. There are thous
ands of so-called “wets and dry” in
each, The platform of my party is
silent upon any question of change i.
the law. I personally believe that
there should be change and I shah
advise the Congress in accordance
with my constitutional duty of what
ever. changes I deem “necessary or
expod ent.” It will then be for the
people and the representatives in the
national and state legislatures to de
termine whether these changes shall
be made.
I will state the reascos for my be
lief. In a book “Law and Its Orig
in,” recently-called to notice, James
C. Carter, or.e of the leaders of the
,bar of this country, wrote of the con
ditions which exist “when a law. is
made declaring conduct widely prac
ticed and widely regarded as innocent
to be a crime.” He points put that
in the enfonjement of such a law
•‘trials become scenes of perjury and
subornation of perjury; “juries find
abundant excuses for rendering ac
quittal or persisting in disagreement
contrary to their oaths” and hr con
cludes “perhaps worst of all is that
general regard and reverence for law
are impaired, a consequence the mis
chief of which can scarcely bo est'-
mated.” These words written year:
before the 18th Amendment of the
Volstead Act were prophet c of cur
situation today.
Temperance vs. Disregard
for the Law
I believe in temperance. We have
not achieved temperance under the
presrnt system. The mothers anc
fathers cf young men and women
throughout this land know the
anxiety and worry which has been
brought to them by their children’s
use of liquor in a way which was
unknown J3 e f° re prohibition. I be
lieve in reverence for -law. Today
disregard of the prohibition laws is
insidiously sapping respect for all
la\*. I raise, therefore what I pro
foundly believe to be a great moral
issue involving the righteousness' of
our national conduct and the protec
tion of our children’s morals.
Jeffersonian Principles
The remedy, as I have stated, i
the fearless application of Jeffersoi-
ian principles. Jefferson and his fol
lowers foresaw the complex activi
ties of th : s great, widespread coun
try. They knew that in rural, sparse
ly settled districts people would de
velop different desires and custom'
from those in densely populated sec
tion's and ihat if we were to be a na
ticn un’t d on truly natv• :al matters
there had to be a differentiation ir
U'ci! laws to allow ' V different local
hah ts. It was f -r this reason tha
• e Democratic platform in 1881 an-
ourced “We oppose sumptuary laws
/hich vox the cit ze s and inter? r:
vith individual liberty,” and it was
'r this ream tha' Wood ’cw Wils •
Hoed th~ Vohteod Aet.
M' : *! : fjcat r osi cf the Vo'stead Lav/
;co vv th this Dcm c
lief
/ n» d come ire m an amendment to
ho .Volstead law giving a scientific
! "ini : on . the elcohxlic content of
an intox’catiag bar*'rage The pres
ent def nition is admittedly inaccur-
te and unscientific. Each state
would then be allowed to f‘x its own
standard of alcoholic content, sub
ject always to the proviso that that
standard ccoild not exceed the maxi
mum fixed by tho Congress.
Amendment to the 18th Amendment
I believe moreover that there
should be submitted to the people
the question of some change in the
provisions of the 18th Amendment.
Certainly, no one foresaw when the
amendment was ratified the condit-
!.
ions which exist today of bootlegging,
corruption and open violation of the
law in all parts of the country. The
people themselves should after this
eight years of trial, be permitted to
say whether existing conditions
should be rectified. I personally be
lieve in an amendment in the 18th
Amendment which would give to
each individual state itself only af
ter approval by a referendum popular
vote of its people the right wholly
within its borders to import, manu-
factu:e or cause to be manufactured
and sell alcoholic beverages, the sale
to be made only by the state itself
and not for consumption in any pub
lic place. We may well Irarn from
the experience of other nations. Our
Canadian neighbors have gone far in
this manner to solve this problem by
within the borders of those states
itself and not by private individuals.
No Return to the Saloon
There is no question here • of the
return of the saloon. When I slated
that the saloon “?s and ought to bo a
defunct institution in this country” I
meant it. I mean it today. I will
never advocate nor a ppuove any law
which directly or indirectly permits
the return of the saloon.
Such a change would preserve for
tb3 dry states the benefit of a na
tional law that would continue to
make interstate sh ; pment of intexxi-
cating beverages a crime. It would
preserve for the dry states Federal
enfoi’ceiront of prohibition within
their c-'.vn borders. It would permit
to citizens of other states a careful
ly limited and controlled method of
effectuating the popular will wholly
with’n the borders of those state
without the old evil of the saloon.
A Solution Based On Democratic
Principles
Such a method would re-establish
respect for law and terminate the
agitation which has injected discord
into the ranks of the great political
pa. ties which should be standing for
the accomplishment of fundamental
programs for the natioi. I may fair
ly say even to those who disagree
with me that the solution I offer is
one based upon the historic policy of
the Democratic party, to assure to
each state its complete right of local
self-gr-vernnrmt. I believe it is a so
lution which would today be offered
by Jefferson or Jackson or Cleve
land or Wilson, if those great leaders
were with us.
tXI
Little Talk On Thrift
LABflR EFFICIENCY AND PRO
GRESS AMONG RESULTS
OF EDUCATION
(By S. W. Straus, President
American Society for Thrift.)
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Greater significance will be given
to Labor Day this year if, in cele
brating it. we shall do so in the spirit
with which Linco’n spoke when he
said:
“Educated people must labor, oth
erwise educat’on itself would become
a positive and intolerable evil. No
country can sustain in idleness more
than a small per centage of its mem
bers. The gi’eater majority must la
bor at something productive. From
these premises the problem springs:
‘Ho\v can labor and education be
most satisfactorily combined?’ ”
J^ecent investigations have shown
that there is a connection between
illiteracy and labor inefficiency. In
an Eastern state where a great num
ber elf illiterate aliens reside it has
been found that an amazing propor
tion of these persons are incapable
of being taught how to operate labor-
saving machinery.
Labor too often is looked upon as
a mere mechanical process. Too
many people, not familiar with the
circumstances, regard laborers as hu
man machines.
Labor and education must ever go
hand in hand and it must ever be
appreciated that arc part oi the la-
breer Is just as important and hon
orable as that of ary business or pro
fession.
The men? attention given the ele-
mart of education by labor, the
Treater will be 'ts efficiency and the
•:noro pronounced an d substantial
v-ill b its prog o~s.
It is a very happy and apt circum-
'Ti that L-'d • Day and the ’e-
^ 'ng of cu schools and colleges
~v 7V c orely teg'ther.
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