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Thursday, January 9, 1930 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carotin*. Page Number Eight ? STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FARMERS BANK located at McCormick. S. C-, at the close of business December 31, 1929. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts, —$ Overdrafts, Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank, — Furniture and Fixtures, Banking JEIouse, Other Real Estate Owned, — Cash on hand and due from Banks, Checks and Cash Items, 134,319.89 1,171.89 38,667.80 1,500.00 4,000.00 31,788.58 96,550.41 130.34 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE PEOPLES BANK located at McCormick, S. C., at the close of business December. 31st, 1929. TOTAL —$ LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in, $ Surplus Fund, Undivided Profits, le^s Current Expenses and Taxes Paid, Due tb Banks and Bankers, individual Deposits* Subject to check, ~ Time Certificates of Deposit, Cashier’s Checks, — Notes and Bills. Re-discounted, Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, __ Reserve Fund Carried on General, Indi vidual or Savings Ledger, Other Liabilities; viz: — 308,128.91 40,000.00 10,000.00 Capital Stock Paid in, __$ 42,600.00 2,119.98 Surplus Fund, . Undivided Profits, 4,000.00 NONE less Current Ex penses and Taxes 159,433.19 Paid, Due to Banks and __ 3,672.61 92,383.06 Bankers, NONE 4,19^.68 NONE NONE NONE NONE TOTAL $ 308,128.91 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCcprmick. Before me came F. C., Robinson, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above Ad foregoing state ment is a.^Ae condition of said ^—/-'bank, as- J^^~by the books of said bank. i P. C. ROBINSON. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January, 1930. P. J. ROBINSON, Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest: W. M. STROM, J. C. BROWN, J. B. HARMON, DIRECTORS. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts, — Overdrafts, Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank, — Furniture and Fixtures, Banking House, Other Real Estate Owned, Cash on hand and due from Banks, __ Checks and Cash Items, Other Resources, Viz: Livestock, account Overdrafts Secured by 110 Bales Cotton, — $136,521.97 293.27 37,069.30 4,968.42 7,988.14 32,839.66 92,250.72 230.33 1,019.49 * 7,862.90 Urge Training Of Sunday School Of ficers And Teachers TOTAL, LIABILITIES .$321,044.20 , Subject to Check, 156,525.93 Savings Deposits, 23,676.26 Time Certificates of Deposit, 88,245.64 Cashier’s Checks, 2,323.76 Notes and Bills Re discounted, NONE Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, — NONE LOOK IT UP When* you want to be mue of a word you consult the dictionary. „ You check your knowledge, your vocabulary, against established authority. Consult this Hartford Agency as an established authority in matters of insurance protection. Have your insurance check* ed up regularly by men wbo know. This agency makes a business of keeping people out of trouble. “We write policies right* 9 Frank C. Robinson " Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick Trespass Notice Notice is hereby given that hunt ing, either by day or night, or tres- passing in any other form, is strict ly borbidden on my lands. Guilty parties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. G. W. CADE. Bordeaux, S. C., Jan. 6, 1930.*—3t.* Trespass Notice Notice is hereby given that hunting, either by day or night, or trespassing in any other form,, is strictly forbidden on my lands. Guilty parties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. MRS. S. E. MORAGNE. x Bordeaux, S. C., • Jan. 2, 1930.—3t. TOTAL, $321,044.20 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Before me came P. G. Fooshe, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. P. G. FOOSHE. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of January, 1930. ROBT. L. DENDY. Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest: J. T. FOOSHE, J. J, DORN, P. O. FOOSHE, DIRECTORS. Ten Lynchings In Past Year TUSKEGEE, Ala., Jan. 6.—Ac cording to the records compiled in the department of records and re search of the Tuskegee Institute there were 10 persons lynched in 1929. This is 1 less than the num ber 11 for 1928, *6 less than the number. l£*for. jtS27, « Jess than the number 19 for 1926 and 7 less than the number 17 for 1925. Six of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, 5 from jail and 1 from officers of the law outside of jails. There were 27 instances in which officers of the law prevented lyn chings, 3 of these were in Northern sjatek and 24 in Southern states. In 24 of the cases the prisoners were removed or the guards au gmented or other precautions tak en. In 3 other instances, armed force was used to repel the would be lynchers. 12 white men, 20 ne gro men and 2 negro women were thus saved from death at the hands of mobs. Of the 10 persons lynched, 7 vere negroes and 3 were whites, The offences charged were: rape, 1; writing insulting notes, 2; mur- ier, 1; wounding man in alterca tion, 1; wounding officers of the aw, 2; charge not reported 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each >tate are as follows: Florida, 4; Kentucky, 1; Mississippi, 1; Ten- aesse, 1; Texas, 3. —X Advertising In 1930 The 240 members of the Ameri can Association of Advertisers will buy space to the value of $206,000,000, during 1930, or $20,- 900,000 more than their expendi ture in 1929, according to the pres ident of the association. This rep resents an increase of 11 per cent. This announcement was made in connection with the survey of bus- iess and industrial activities being made at the suggestion of Presi dent Hoover, after conferring with leaders in the various basic indus tries. It should be encouraging to the country at large that these nation al advertisers have sufficient faith in the soundness of - our economic structure to press forward with in creased vigor in their sales efforts for. the coming year. The Baptist churches of South Carolina are putting on an inten sive campaign of Sunday school officers and teachers training. The work which is directed in the Ab beville association, made up of churches in McCormick. Abbeville. Greenwood counties, by Rev. W. H. Barfield, calls for a leader of teacher and officer training in each church. This leader in the church will then be given the task of working out a definite program of training for the Sunday school officers and teachers in his church. It is recommended by the state director, Mr. J. L. Corzine of Co lumbia, that this program include the following points: (1) A train ing class for officers and a train ing class for teachers, offered sim ultaneously four times during the year. That these training schools be arranged about the last of Jan uary, last of March, the last of September and in late November. (2) The teachers for these train ing classes be engaged by the lo cal church leader of teacher train- / irtg from Among pastors. Sunday school teachers and interested public school teachers. All teach ers to be approved by the state di rector. (3) That all awards for courses completed be presented to the workers at a public service. (4) That every local church director set as his aim to have every officer and teacher complete the whole course of eight books for teachers and five for officers. (5) That each director make it a point to enlist in these training classes young people who will make future officers and teachers. Mr. J. L.* Corzine, the state di rector of Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. work ,says, “Southern Bap tists already have done a great teacher training work. We are credited, and I think justly, with issuing more training awards to J Sunday school workers than all other denominations together. Our work, however, has been done in a hap-hazard way. This effort has for its primary aim the establish ment in each church a definite policy for the training of our Sun day school workers will be advanc ed in a marvelous way.” “We call it the New Decade Teacher Training Movement be cause it begins with the spring of 1930 and We agLg&owjpg ourselves until 1939 to completely establish it in all our churches.” The Baptist ntate convention and every Baptist association in the state is back of the movement. J. ETCORZINE, Director. Columbia, S. C. Master’s Sales Made Monday Sales made here Monday by Judge L. G. Bell, master in equity, were as follows: The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia 0|R*R. Q. Killfflgsworth et al., 206 afitQS, bid in by W. K. Charles, 020.00. • "* Metropolitan * Life Insurance Company vs. J. G. P. Hayes et al., 207 acres, bid in by J. A. Talbert for $3,915.34. J. C. Brown et al., vs. J. B. Smith et al., settled before sale date. Bid refused on house and lot of fered for sale by Mrs. Maggie Hol liday. X Raids Reported Officers By During Christmas vtfeek Sheriff W. T. Strom and i^epttty Sheriff W. L. Brown destroyed* a 15„ gallpA still while in operation in the Sand Hill section. In Bellvue section on December 29th, the county officers emptied 250 gallons of mash and captured a 75 gallon still about 200 yards from where the boer was found On December 30th, in Whitt Town, 200 gallons of mash wa poured out and a 60 gallon stee' drum, which was used for makinr whiskey, was destroyed. Bishop Finley To Be At Willington On Third Sunday Bishop K. G. Finley of Columbia will preach at St. Stephens’ Epis copal Church in Willington at the usual hour for services on the third Sunday, January 19th. A cordial welcome is extended to all to the service. $6,000,000 Lent By Federal Bank o Loans totaling approximately $6,000,000 were made to farmers in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida in 1929 through the federal intermediate credit bank, according to F. H. Daniel, president of the credit bank and the federal land bank with headquarters in Columbia. Of the total amount advanced, Mr. Dan iel said, 85, per cent has been re paid. Land values, which Mr. Daniel says have been on the downward trend for the last nine years, have shown an upward trend during the latter half of the year in a majority of the communities where the bank owns land. Proof of this statement is shown in an increased dfemand for lands when a compar ison wijth 1928 is made. Land sales during 1929 brought to the bank approximately $1,000,000. In addition to $6,000,000 advanc ed to individuals during the year, the bank extended credit to co operative marketing associations aggregating $12,000,000. The ma jor pprtions of these loans were used for the marketing of cotton. The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia now has outstanding loans totaling $68,400,535, Mr. Daniel said, and while a number of bor rowers have not kept their loans in current condition, a vast ma jority have found it possible to do so “in the face of unusual agri culture conditions.” “Farmers, generally,” Mr. Dan iel says in his report, “have shown during 1929 a determination to produce crops economically and keep their credit with this bank and other banking institutions in good standing. Information fur nished the bank from 509 national farm loan associations located throughout the district and the bank’s field organization, clearly indicates that farmers have confi dence in themselves, which goes to make a sound foundation in agricultural economic conditions.” Mr. Daniel declares that the “slight upward trend” in land ‘partly explained by the of the federal farm values is activities board. “Farmers generally believe and we think rightfully so,” Mr. Dan iel said, “that the farm board will ultimately work out a sound pro gram for aiding worthy farmers and that a fair price will be re ceived when such a program is worked out for commodities pro duced. The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia is one of 12 banks making amortized loans to farmers, secur ed by real estate. The federal land banks are owned by the United States government. Officers of the federal land banks are ex-officio officers of the federal intermediate credit banks. - X Dr. And Mrs. Branyen Visit Relatives Here Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Brapyon of Greenwood, spent part of the hol idays with friends and relatives in flftderson. Dr. Branyon’s main of fice is at Greenwood with branches at Due West, McCormick and Ware Shoals. He is one of the original members of the South Carolina Dptometrical association, organiz ed in 1916. For two years he has been giv ing his spare time to writing a history of the All-American Pruitt camily. He says the book, when completed will be a volume of some 300 pages, and will be supplied al actual publishers cost. The task is a labor of love and win be_ dedi cated to his mother, who was Sue Anne Pruitt.—Anderson Independ ent. -X- Honor Roll For Wideman School For December Paul Edmunds. Mattie Spence Elizabeth Wideman Fred Edmunds * Jim Spence Blease Edmunds Robert Edhiunds William Bowick Bennie Wideman James Wideman Roy Spence Lucindy Brewer James Edmunds Janie L. Spence Cassie Mauney Walter Wideman -*Xt— Most folks hate to get out of bed in the morning, but they have been doing it for years. JrtfctiJjuK by Arthur Brisbane France Gets the Gold We’re All Richer New Theory of the Universe The Sorrows of Wall Street Some worry because gold is going abroad; $7.2r>0,000 was shipped to France on the Berengaria, making a total shipment of $105,000,000 gold for the mouth. You admire French financiers when you hear that they got $80,000,000 of that gold. How do the French do it? They work and they save. 4-H Club Work —What It Is By Dr. C. B. Smith, Chief Office of Co-operative Extension Work, U. S. Department" of Agriculture As your debts diminish you auto matically become richer. The people of the United States became richer by about a thousand million dollars during 1020. Mr. Mellon’s statement shows that in twelve months the national debt has been reduced by one billion and nine million dollars. If Uncle Sam collected his foreign debts as efficiently as he collects from taxpayers at home we’d be clear of debt soou. In Germany Mennonite refugees from Russia, encamped with their children, are stricken with a strange disease. Forty children died in a few hours. Many were sacrificed because their mothers hid them from doctors, following a Mennonite custom of sub stituting prayer for medical attention. That method no longer works. “Know tlie truth, and the truth shall make you free,” includes scientific medical truth. The son of Italy’s king will soon be married and 6,000 will be freed from prisons, by way of celebration. What seems strange in America Is a custom old in Europe. After Admiral Nelson brought his ship into the Bay of Naples, promis ing to protect the king and queen and their court against the power of the French revolution, many convicts were set free to celebrate. And kings, on mounting the throne, have often emptied prisons as a sign of joy. The National Surety company has issued a policy of $30,000. guaran teeing against the suicide of a man insured within the next two years. The man borrowed money. The bank lend ing it w’anted the added security. That's new in insurance. The learned Frof. James Maekaye of Dartmouth brings forth a new the ory of the universe, pushing Einstein and relativity into the background. The universe possesses a radiation of super-frequep^cy and suppr-penetra- tion,' perfitding all space. The ether, which Einstein eliminat ed, returns, but it is a dynamic, nut a static, ether. _ That deep news interests a few. Secretary Mellon says 1930 will be a super-year, money abundant, inter est rates. lots, business good. That, interests everybody, violently. Infinite tlftfe, space and ether will take care of themselves; 1930 and business must be attended to at once. Now that the “big wind” that swept through Wall Street, blowing away paper profits, has died down, there are sad hearts, but no real losses. Apparent values, born of imagina tion and outrageous issues of watered stock, have shrunk bjj'more than twen ty-three billions of dollars in three months. But our national property is all here, including the nicely printed wa tered stock. When one concern assembles a few “public utility concerns” and prints 60,000,000 shares of wind and water, with 2,000,000 shares of preferred and heaven knows how many obligations of the assembled companies ahead of the 60,000,000 shares, something must happen. It did happen. * Among ail the sorrows of Wall Street, however, bright spots stand out. Actual dividends declared in 1929 up to December 28 totaled more than $4,462,000,000, an increase of more than a thousand million dollars over 1928. We are really not poor, only a little discottj^g^d, some of us, at the idea of beginning over again. How the years drag for the young! How they fly for the old! A man past sixty knows that it is only a step to 1931. A child cannot believe that another Christmas will ever come. The earth, according to scientists, will last millions of millions of years. But “a thousand years In thy sight are but as yesterday when It is past, and as a watch in the night” But that la no excuse for not get ting the best possible results from •ach of 1930’s 365 days. You have, gentle readers, about 119,- 805,999 American brothers and sisters. The bureau of economic research i puts our population at 119,306.000, In eluding you: We have increased 14,000,000 in te-t years, while keeping out largely, tl.i- “unfit European population that bred -, crime/’ according to advocates oit re strieted immigration. But we have not kept out cifroe Itself. We have plasty of that. Boys’ and girls’ 4-H club work is a publicly-supported and directed educational enterprise of the Unit ed States Department of Agricul ture, State agricultural colleges and county governments co-oper ating. It is designed to teach through doing and is so organized as to teach better practices in ag riculture and home economics, and the finer things of rural life, while at the same time developing whole- | some, industrious, public-spirited boys and girls. Membership in 4-H clubs is vol untary. Rural boys and girls from 10 to 20 years of age may join by applying to a county extension agent, usually located at the coun ty seat. One of the essentials of membership is that each boy and girl taking up the work shall learn and dc monstrate some better prac tice in agriculture or home eco nomics under the guidance cf a competent leader, keep a record of this work, make a public exhibit, and report on it to the county ex tension agent. Members of 4-H clubs are asso ciated in groups of 5 to 50 or more. These clubs are conducted in ac cordance with parliamentary prac tices. The club program usually flows from and centers about the work each boy or girl is doing at his or her home. The program is enriched by demonstrations, ex hibits, songs, games, yells, music, and social activities. Tours about the county to study live stock, farm crops, home improvements, etc., are often made a part of the club activities. In summer, county, district, state and sometimes regional camps of about a week’s duration are held. Usually once a year from 259 to 2,500 outstanding representatives of the clubs are brought to their State agricultural college for a week’s instruction and inspiration. At these camps, matters that make for character, appreciation of na ture, pride in rural life and ac complishments are stressed. In club work involving poultry, dairying, beef cattle, sheep, hogs, and sometimes various field crops, club members are taught matters of finance, marketing, exhibiting, demonstr&tihg, co-operatiop, and like masters. They are associated with bankers, breeders, college teachers, merchants, and the pub lic in worth-while enterprises and taught the ethics of business. Through club work, rural co-Opera- tion ifj: tyught and rural leadership developflt. : ' . Treating Sick Cows Keeps Agent Busy During the past few weeks the county agent has received many requests for assistance in treating sick cows. The majority of these casbs were caused by digestive'dis orders, resulting from poor feed ing methods, which are common at this time of the year. Roughage is a vital necessity in a cows feed, and a majority of McCormick county cows have to depend upon pastures for this roughage. And at this time of the year, when pas tures furnish very little feed, the •’.ows receive too much concentrat ed feed, such as cotton seed meal and hulls in proportion to the amount of roughage they can get. Uotton seed hulls contain little or no feeding value, and, in addition \re heavy and hard to digest. For that reason, it is a wonder that eows get along as well as they do -m the ration of meal and nulls they receive. -See that the cows get pknt.y of roughage. Hay, preferably pen- vine, alfalfa, or soy bean, is the best roughage, but, if none cf shese are to be had, a good grass kay, or even shucks will keep the cow in condition and ward off the sick ness that sooner or later com* -, from the lack of roughage in th' feed. Cotton seed meal should no', be fed too heavily .one pound o' meal to every four or five pound of milk with good legume hay. f- * one pound to every three pound. of milk with good grass hay or shucks. If the cow “gets off her ieeU” from too much meal or other con centrated feed, give one pound o' Epsom salts, in one quart of wart" water as a drench, or one cuc *t ^ f raw linseed oil as a drench. ^ • out the meal for several days and add plenty of roughage ano* some corn meal mixed half and half with wheat bran as a feed until the cow gets her appetite back.