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inrsday, December 20, 1928 CORMIGR MESSENGER Ptiblisiaed Erery Thursday Established Juus 8. 1908 McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORAfICK, South Carolina. Page Number Four edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner. Itered at the Post Office at Me* Co.raick, S. C., as mail matter of •econd clsas. JJIfsPL^Y ADVERTISING — per inch for each insertion; 'otkfc»£ less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less then 2 inches for single column dis> 4>la' , BUSINESS READING NOTICES, ■0 cents per line for each insertion, r:tga of 6 words to line. W *NT ADVS., 6 cents per line for •each insertion, average of 6 words to liiip ' TRIDUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents pc; lire, 6 words to line. Aki arlvs. set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column udv>.. r except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growing SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance One Year $1.00 Months .75 Threa Months .59 Youth Not Worse FOi a goodlylillfe it has been the a^fiong certSin writers and speivkers to condemn young people of the present, charging them with be ing .vilf fzdvc'ous, immoral and what not. The escapades of the small minority have been held up as rep resenting the tendencies of the entire body of modem youth. ry thoughtful persons who are in position to observe real conditions do not take this view, however, but incline to the belief that the young er generation will compare favorably with ^hose cf “the goo*i old days.” Prer ; dent James R. Angell of Yale University is one who believes that the udents of today seem on the S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Greer—Decided increase in busi ness noted in Greer this season. Gaffney—Two-story office stcre building will be erected here shortly. Camden—South Carolina superin tendents of city waterworks recently met here to discuss standard fire equipment ope.ed. Cotton nulls ' of South Carolina rhowed a greater activity during October than any month this year.— The Dillon Herald. “Penny Wise And iDr. Wm. W. Bussey, Pound Foolish Augusta Citizen j Died Sunday Night (Augusta Chron’cle of Mondav- Turkey Dinner At ' 1 .«?'« * McCormick iHotel. \ Christmas Dav Camden—Old Truesdale ., i what appears to be the residence course, only to discover Lake City—Pav'ng on Coastal I sociation purchases 9 r* t»* j - i • i. xir i -n Penny wise and pound foolish” is Greer—Piedmont Print Works will the cha ' ge often hurled at the b e operating soon in new factory. j American farmer by students of Easley—New fire truck recently economics. They contend that, in an nurchased for local Fire Deoaitment f° be thrifty, he often follows purchased for local Fire Depaitment. ^ Ko the cheaper Dr . william Warren Bussey, one of and most prorain- < and arato^y to constructing modern fill- i * « c qo *»TT’ U ;tl | ast night 1 • „ ... , . , ■ i. i The poultry flock of the average 8.30 o clock at ms residence, 938 So non ° f approxlmately farmer furnishes a good illustration Green street after a few weeks ill- $20 9 000. • Qf this. Fieures from the XJnitod ▼▼ Columbia—State Highway Depart- States Department cf Agriculture re- n '‘ ss - e hav '' ,>e ' n 90 yeart 0 ecem lj er 25th, from 6 until ment opens bids on number of high- veal that the average farm he„ pro- °M the 28th rf this month, and , • * • xx .duces about 70 eggs a year, when had been m failing h'-alth for the o - ^ Plx, aC x» maL-xx way improvement projects in state. | p( .- jlt;ry experts agi^e that a hen past vear a P* m * -Please make reserva- Camden—Kershaw County Fair As- must lay 90 eggs before it pays for ^ ^ ^ wee }. » discover that the Augusta's on North Broad Street removed prep- “penny wise” policy is costing him ^ ^ c Piz Q ns. ^ There will be a Turkey Din ner at the McCormick Hotel on acres of land the feed it eats. Ninety eggs, at an average of 25 with ufluenza. Highway Route No. 17 through this ] m southern section of this city to be time his -markable vitriitv cause 5^1„ — I nseH ns fn.-. grounds and athletic of about two dollars. It costs that place rapidly nearing completion Union — Hilcrest-Terrace Develop ment proj'ect well under way. Union—Economy Printing Com pany moves plant to store room in M. & P. Bank building. Charleston—South Carolina Pow- used as fai:- grounds and athletic of about two dollars, it cosws tnat a ralI tbat inspired his fsmily w ; t L field. • much to feed and care for a hen for , , . * . Spartanburg — Glenwood Farm one year. Until the farm flock shows °; p o- lus r covery. pneumonia de holds five of nine state cattle champ- Drofit. ? ng°on 'T V™.- ^ S . i • j. ,x " en >- armer 18 not proiiting on uuny sank until the end came- noace- lor.ohips for one-year tests. his chickens. The reason for the 70 . Clemson College—Plans under way. egg average cn farms is due, of for financial institutions and rail- ccu ^ se ' ^ ac ^ ^ S? ' 6 ! sccu ™ n £ ' ° '’ a ’ 01 ^ ear; ' vne good stock ; or the flocks. " r o ' vas taVe 1 1 * tion hy Saturday afternoon, and though at orr December 22, 1928. ✓ 1 / Bussey, the most successful and prominent men er Co., will merge with three othor road s ^ South Carolina to help place ( Since a bigh producing h cn and a' in ih e wholesale grocery business of power and public serv ce companies P ur e b.cd dairy s res with far- low producing hen consume about the; * x x- , f u llci in South Carolina and Georgia -vrs throughout state. ' I came amount _cf feed it is easy to | „ “f ^ Z A ^ * *.• - S^ateshnrfif—T.oral nlanter and t.imJ r G c that the “ azy bones ic a pcor ; n^s abcut Zo >enrs ag , and since Denmaik — Construction com- S'atesburg—Local planter and tim menced on nine-hole golf course here, berlard owner m,akes plans to refor- Grcer—New wholesale grocery es ^ ad timberlands. house starts business here. Yemassee—New school Abbeville—Jnduybrial Agent ap- ‘dedicated here, pointed by local Chamber of Com-; Camden—Hof.e: building Company open: nvrstm^nt. Too often this poor stock i$ perpetuated on the farm be cause the farmer or his wifo keeps on using eggs from their own poor stock to set under their hens. A change for the better is ird'- rpted i n statistics rhowing that 500.- this city. Canadys—Ccnstruction work start ed cn section of State Highway No. 65 between Canadys Cross Roads and Givhan’s Ferry over Edisto R‘v- ei\ that time only looked after his pro pel ty. * He is rurvived by his wife, Mrs. Jcnr (e Walker Bussey, and five chil dren: Mrs. E. G. Phinnoy of J'»hn-j son City, Tenn.; Mrs. J. W. Wilkins,] of McCormick, S. C; John Bussey j MRS. E. D. KNI McCormick S. C. GHT. merce to secure new enterprises fo: new s hop on Broad Street with lat- 000,000 chicks were purchased from e et ontical oouinment ^ the hatcheries of this country last lor, Offior* of r«rv,dpr, ond y ea ’ J - Since reliable hatcherymen of Greenville; Miss Doll’e Bussey Camden-Off,ccs of Camden and ^ on]y brfd ch - cyS| thcse fig . and War;en BuSECy ot A ta . Fonv kersnaw County Chamber of - Com- ures show that the farmer is begin- mcrcc moved to lower flcor of Crock- n,ng to realize that his poultry flock er building. I : > s 0112 c; f bis best investments, if he „ x XT r x* use8 the same care with it that he Georgetown — New confectionery does ^ hig corn f , r wheat Foremost hatcheries have recently united in an organization pledged to : mr>rove quality of chicks and to as sist customers through personal serv ice and advice. These hatcheries. McCormick—-Prospect good for new ( stove established in old Georgetown interstate highway and bridge be tween this place and Lincolnton. Gaf:"ney — Southern LooniRred 1 Drug Company building. txi Manufacturing Co., begins opera tions here. Charleston — Plans under way to pave Route No. 49 from here along coast to North Carolina state line. Gaffney—Ameiican Tel. & Tel. Harvest Of Farm Crops Valued Less operating under the slogan, “Hatch ery Chicks Fo.* Greater Profits,” in clude some of the largest and most rrii x a O reliable butcheries in the United X Iiail L»ast Season States. They afford a convenient m ans of securing informat'on for WASHINGTON, year’s harvest o Dec. 14.- important -This average to be distinctly superior to] between here and Spartanburg Coun- these cf former times in “breadth of ty lin Co. will invest o/er $190,000 in erectipn cf repeater station hepe. | cr opf» - including fruit and commer- Hartsville — New plant of Harts- c j a j truck crops was valued today by ville Print & Dye Works start oper- the Department cf Agriculture at atiens here. | $8.456,052 : 000 compared with $8h Gaffen.y—$125,000 worth cf bonds 55 *» 563,000 last year. The values will be issued tt. finance construction wer -, based on December 1, for sea- of new Cherokee County courthouse, j sonal prices paid to farmers. Ccwpens—Two miles road paved C:**n product on was placed at 2,- gnandchildren and a number cf nieces and nephew’s also survive him. Born In Lincoln County Dr Bussesy was bora in Lincoln c‘inty, December 23, 1838, and was ( a member of one of the most prom-! inent fam.l es in ihe county. He stud-1 ied medicine at the Medical college] o:‘ Augusta unt‘1 the war broke out ] wh'n he cr.’isted in the Confederate a*'my and was sent to .Atlanta. In the fierce fighting around Atlanta the fa:*mer who is checking up on the actual value of farm his barnyard “biddies.” X interested 'n I and Inter in the campaign in. Virgin- Household Hints Wise’n Otherwise cnjtlork, sincerity, range of vivid- w ss of fntellectual interest and cs- stability of character.” A ~ an educator for 35 years, Pres ident Angell has had the opportunity tc observe many thousand of stud- erts. Ills view concerning the pres- 839.959 000 bushels valued at $2,- (Public Service) When white spots, caused by hot Charlene — A. & P. opens new j p P ring wheat crop was 902.749 000 four-stc y bakery unit at Hill and bushels valued at $877,193,000 Cedar Streets. ! cotton crop, combining the value of Gaffney — Annual supper meeting and seed was valued at $1 523,- 132,991.000. The combined winter and 1 P 1 ^ 68 ' a PP t ea y. on the dWrg-room ’ (table, touch them up with a brush ' that has been dipped into spirits of The nitre and afterwards rub with a cloth moistened w th r.weet oil. of Cherokee County Poiltry Asso- ciat'on held here December 10. Belton — New Sunday School chances are that he is right. -= XXI As The Twig Is Bent ert day youth is therefore entitled building of First Baptist Church op to respectful consideration. The erred. Belton—New water main laid from P. & N.’ passenger station to town limits on O’Neale Street. Columbia .—- Peoples Bank Capi talized at $100 : 000 opened here. A^cording to John D. Rockefeller, Beaufort — Beaufort Ice Cream Jr-, it is a good thing for any boy to Company resumse work after exten- And 1 JS Rockefeller"adds:' “Have ™P r P v ^ enta sometimes regretted that I d d not Estill South Caiol.na Light & ha"3 that sort of a chance, and I Power Company completing new sub- hii ,r e coveted it fee my boys.” I staiton here. &\ ke x 'ngt„n New saw mill and Rockefeller has given a great deal planing mill located here, of thought and attention. He sums, Spartanburg -p- Constructor pro- up biv conclusions on the matter in j gressin steadily at Saluda River the current issue cf The American • ' „ tVl - ^xv Mvgrzoie as follows: i dam Project 100 miles fiom th s city. essence of the problem it Ridgeland — Construction cn new seems to me, is th s: that the will of j sc h 00 l building completed. Hartsville—Prospects good for erection of new post office buil4 ng here. Spartanburg—D: aper Corpcraticri will erect distributing plant here. Charleston—Cornerstone laid for Southern Bank of 512 000. Hay including tame and wild totaled $1,243,359,000. Cctton lint prices being paid to producers on December L averaged 18.0 cent:- per pound for the United States, compared with 19.3 cents per pr-and on December' 1, 1927. Apply ing these prices to the estimated 1928 production and to th e final 1927 esti mate, the farm value of the 1928 crop would be $1 291.589,000 and of the 1927 crop $1,269,885,000. Cctton seed prices to producers on December 1 averaged $36.29 per ton as compared tc. $36.80 on December 1. 1927. Place asparagus tips on triangles of toast and serve with a mushroom sauce. •‘a, h e was wcunded five times. When ho was last wounded he walked from Atlanta t . Augusta, and as soen as he had recovered sufficiently he was transferred to Charlotte where he was in the dispersary department unt 1 the war closed. He then resum ed his studies at the Med cal college here and was one of three to grad- ] irate that year, at which time the ■ late Dr. Louis Ford was dean of the] college. He then returned to Lin- j coin county where he practiced med- j kine for eight years. Finding hisj Apples And Oranges, Wholesale And Retail Miller’s Store Build ing, McCormick, S. C., Retail . 50 Cents Peck Special Prices To Dealers M. M. WALLS (rood Advice For The NEW YEAR Weld and save money. Wh / Always heat a new range gradually. This will prevent the possibility of its cracking. A few drops of ammonia put into the water when washing very greasy dishes is a great help. health impaired by the strenuous vou } lave we ldms; work set# ! : fe of a coui t y phys cian, he came * ty Augusta a.zd went into the whole- It) oligii S Welding Works sale grocery business being associat- tJi e work will be done ed first with the firm of Sibley and enameled Bussey, and M ller and Bussey, until he went into business for himself and as head of the firm o: W. W. Buss?y Wholesale Grocery company became one •. • the most widely, k own and successful men in th s welding work during the com- Tne in the stat*. Ho also had busi-';. ly in a workmanlike and at a great saving in cost to you as well as a saving in time. Resolve to let us do your Cod hadd’-:k and halibut are w'n- • x x • ; ter fish, and are finest in that sea- 1 ™* interests m a now-paper a. d m sen. the lumber busmes*. Director Of Bank He was a di 'oef or of the First Na- of ike Webb ing year. tl o pa.fonts should not be arbitrarily imp >s d unen the child. Until the ag j <.*f eigHt or ten, it is impossible to d.scuss the reason for many things, but after that parental guid ance ran increasingly take the form of discuss on and suggestion. **Cn 1 l' , ren should be helped to form the habit of doing things for them- 1 new Citizens & sel/or—things that need to be done- gcuth Carolina _ whetfi’r they hko to do them or not. . , XT I think that many children of today W a Iter boro New seL-service a»e not developing the will power opens in Padgett block. and self-mastery that a.'e essential Columbia $15,577,862 k ex P cndc/d to the solution cf life’s problems. , •c„„xi, 1Q2S “My father had to chop wood and f( ‘ South Caroura schools in 1928. A good gakn?sh for baked fish: Surround fisn with a pattern made t 0!tal bankj mealb o ; Applying these prices to tbroD g b q a s *e V e E ; , d a putting into the Lodge of Masons, and a member of | the estimated productioi of seed of 0 vcn to brown. (the old “Spider Club.” Hr; also be-j v 1 lenged to the K. K. K. <• Lincolnton j Bluefish is usually served with tc- w hich he organized while I ving mato saur, but an excellent sauce there About 45 years ag0 hc was ! Walker of | SLIGH S WELDING WORKS Monument Street Near Court House GREENWOOD, S. C. 6,390.000 tons in 1927, and 5,759 000 tens i.i 1928, the department said the farm value of the 1928 seed crop i i i oooi non onn j * 1 most fish is made from the gravy would be $231,92o,000 and .01 l._7 j n f-^p fic-y, n inro-<> married $211,926 000. -txt- Little Talk On Thrift in wh’ch the fish is basked, a large married to Miss Jennie tablespoorful of catsup, a table- Crawfordville and the following year spoonful of browned flour moistened bo ught the home he ha s lived in in water, and the juic e c«f a lemon. . ^ x ever since on Green rt eet. of strong WANT ADVS. WhHe fish, rock or black bass, * ^ r ’ ^ usse y was a nlLan THRIFT PRACTICES MUST BE flounders or the English sole give and striking character, a man of INSPIRED BY OUR OWN AM- the best fillets. keen judgment and business anility, <.f incorrupt'ble integrity and one good basis for the proper whose word was ev er as good as his bond. He never cared for public LOST OR STRAYED—From my home, 2 Poland China Pigs, with black and white spots. Return to C. W. Weeks. Itpo. BHTONS—NOT COMPELL ED BY OTHERS A good basis (By S. W. STRAUS, President of cf reasoning for vegetables: American Society For Thrift.) 1 tablesptonful of butter, 1-2 tea- DATRY FARM—For sale. 4 1-2 miles of North Augusta on Martintcwn P^ad, 10^ acres. All chocolate land. spoonful' cf salt, 1-4 teaspoosful; of life, and refused several times when Well watered^ Three fine neighbors Seveial years ago the execut've P c Pl >t,r to each pint of vegetables, his friends ar.d associates wished to d t a!1 ^ !orth G ^gi hcmls of a large business orgamza- • see him mayor of the city,. But al- | ascli „ e . aad s f ore point / guy this tiwi believing they were doing their Tun- tablo for bro ling: 1 -inch h h h , d ncver accept pub . , in si g ht ot tow ‘ n seI1 u J r pro . employees a favor, made an arbitrary steak, 4 to b minutes; th cker than a , xu t- _x;,.~ tin™ in A no-ncf u nf rmniomne l-inrl< arrangement by which a certain per- one inch, 6 to 12 minutes. Small llc office, he lock the most ^ educate vour children ^ centage ci‘ each person’s salary was blue fish, o t. 8 minutes. Thick terest in civrc affairs and was deep- /a .? e xv >T . FVl 16 minutes. Chops, 8 to 12 minutes. m the ™ , . ,, , x ^ x j xv, schools ct? North Augusta. Price Chicken., jy concerned in all that alxec.ee. the §3500^ terms: $500 cash and 5 years welfare of this community. He was on balance. Address II. C. Middle- it is " a man * of broad education and was tor, Masonic Bldg, Augusta. Ga. do the milking. He probably didn’t Press and Standard, W altcrboro like doing the chores any better than Gaffney—Southern Bell Telephone to be w'thheld for savings purposes, t sh, 12 to most, boys, but he acquired the habit rrmnanv imnrnvp* wires in this vie-1 Although the plan was originated -0 minutes, of doing the things he did net like , 1 ■, P , -okiec with the best of motives, it proved to do His will was trained, and it mty and -tarts to ^ ne * • unsuccessful. The apparent patera- When broiling chickens n is « helped him to cope with other diffi- South Carolina voters pass bill ex- aiisfc attitude was resented by the good plan to place them for a few on e of the best read and best in- cutties.” empting manufacturing enterprises rark and file of the organization, minutes : n a very hut oven before formed men in the community. He FOR SALE—5-V Crimp Metal Roof- P . r Jn- f~m county taxation for period ‘S w^lub "tftul br<>m,,K thcm _ was a man who was devotad to his ing. Pro- right, see us quick. ted. Each person on the payroll of Put dcs ; red runiber of , home, a most loving husband and fa- the concern was then permitted to totoes jnto a st?amer and P ™[ ^ theiK and one whose entire interest order a certain per centage of his s ^ {ad 0 f boiling thorn. Potatoes wiP and concern was centered in the well These savings were b „ m0 . 0 ; - laky . Th!> applteg t s 0 ap . being of his wife and children. One cipL'S in bringing up his own chil- dx3n. To teach them the fundament- b,ve y ears - air ' f economics, he gave them each Greer—Greer Cash Store No. 2 an allowance of thirty cents a week opens in remodeled quarters former- wiien they were seven or eight years • j u r» old. The understanding was that ly bV Inc - . Wh to Hardware Comoany. salary withheld, administered by the company’s «x i. xne unutrsuinuing was mai * _ * _ “ ' i .. a.ani.nisiereu oy me company s of- n i p(i they were to save and to give as well Camden—Mackey Mercantile Com- fj c j a ] s and ^be plan developed into a ^ 4 as spend. And he made them keep pany improves store building here, their own accounts, which he audited Aiken—Farmers of Aiken County; great success. Almo t wi BUY your piano from J. S. Strom, (?o ‘i.00 cash and $15 00 per month for of his children said in speaking of bala nca. ss * * , 1 • * -x • , his father’s devotion to his home, without exception compul- "5 x f _ rmt xl_ ,n H abe ’ ,f ^ ko h a J npvpr known him to o WIICII Llicy ^ • 1 1 • j rv 4.^^ noo SOTV tllTlft plHllS hlHVG Uililud. X^VCII , . . • - y • 1 x 1 i. dollar a week for ^P^aUvely shipped o0 tons pea- jin gchool savings bank wo:<k, loud ^ atter . ' s thick enough to hold leave the house at night but once in the past 35 years. He was a very re- choice beef cattle. 01 . , x ». , . served man and only those who McCormick, S. C. Sliced meat with finely chonned .. „ . u- u -- 1 x_ v • . . l ' no PP eu knew him well in his home life could ■ ■■ paying highest market price for A. H. Faulkner, weekly. A few years later when they “*—“ * “***—•-> ‘ j “ sory thrift plans have failed. Even f r uits go to the bottom, the tbat he had ne\er known h.m to ^^JTLE were getting a dollar a week for co - 0 Perarively shipped o0 tons pea- > school s P vings bank wo;<k? loud batter, is not u x — -- — ,n spending money, Mr. Rockefeller in- nu ts during recent week. protests frequently are provoked tnem in P la ce stituted a system of rewards and Ridgeland—Contract awarded for whfen efforts are made to compel the demerits, designed to teach the chil- navimr hie-hwav from here to Coosa- children to deposit certain fixed , „ dren accuracy in keeping their ac- P avin K lrom nere co ^ oosa amounts. celery on top, placed between two . . . counts. If .the. account book was wliatc aie. -pbe practices of thrift include a slices of bread, makes a good sand- know his kindness of heart and his Sgmyl vnur order for Letter- correct, the child got $1.05 the fol- Prior to November 14, there were considerable amount of discipline and wich. thought and consideration for oth- 1 lotving week; if incorrect, only 95 13,269 bales cotton ginned in Barn- sacrifice. Most of us are willing to cents.- n undergo these severities when self- “This system is of value because „ _ * x- u ^ Hartsville—1928 Antioch Commun ity Fair* successfully held here of the underlying principle,” says Mr. Bocrefeller. X re- The proportion of two-thirds imposed but w e rebel when effoits chicken for one-third ham makes a are made by’others to compel us to very good sandwich spread, submit to them. jxt -1 ers This year will soon be gone—and ao will next year. -iXS- cently. Walhalla school house Heads, Noteheads, Billheads^ 711: 1LT7 Statements, Tally Sheets, En- 3 o’clock, Rev. Frederick Smith, pas- velopes. Cards, Posters, Cir- There is one thing to be said in, imaiedlatel y favor of the Eighteenth Amendment. 1 Anderson-Clemspn Everybody knows it is there. XXX These are timely suggestions be- A g i ld advertised the other dav tor of the First Baptist church offi- » r ax r -Buvned Oconee Creek gu'Hihfdcvek^ y “het 'ZhlSldZ* The ciatin ^ and he wil1 be laid t0 rest CU “ r ^ ^ Programs, In- se building will be rebuilt mei?t of thri f t societies and organized app iicants had first better find Tmt in the family mausf,loum in the Clty VitationS, Visiting Cards, etc. savings work. It should be bwne in who made the debts cemetery. He will b e buried with ^ 4 1 a - mind that all such activities will sue- XXX Masonic honors by the Webb lodge. Moderate Prices And SatlS- He-Fly to She-Fly—“Say you love me, or I’ll jump into the first bowl of soup that I seq.” highway im provements will be completed early next spring. Denmark—Scuth Carolina Power Company rewiring this town. Dillon—Bank of Dillon will be re- —TXI ceed best when conducted along pure-1 x x • ly ; nspirational lines. J There are no forty-miners among. Great happiness is possible in the tbe P resent; ^ a y ^ 0 J d diggers. 1 practices of thrift. ' But it is lost X**- — Many a person lias found out that when our thrift habits do not spring They say that our ancestors lived in picking their fr.endn chey should from our own personal impulses and in trees, which is nothing new. Most be caretul and m>t pick them too aspirations of us are still up a tree. . much. ! taction Guarnntced Aht'n"s* “Does your dog chase cows?” “No. he’s a bulldog.”