McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, January 30, 1930, Image 2
Thursday, January 30, 1930
More And Better
Gardens For Health
And Economy
MeCORMWK MUdSE^GER, McCORMICK, South
INTERESTING GARDEN CON
TEST TO BE CONDUCTED
THIS TEAR
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 27.—
A state-wide garden contest for
1930, with four classes and prizes
amounting to $1,000, is announced
by the Extension Service to en
courage' year-round gardens and
much wider use of vegetables for
health and economy.
The State, Columbia; The Her
ald, Spartanburg; Woodruff Seed
Co., Milford, Conn.; N. V. Potash
Export My., Atlanta, Ga.; Hastings’
■Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga.; The Barrett
Co., Atlanta, Ga., and others con
c
tributing seed and garden supplies
are co-operating with the Exten
sion Service by furnishing the
prizes.
To give every gardener a chance
at the prizes the following classes
are provided:
Class 1, those who sell from’
nothing up to $100 worth.
Class 2, those who sell between
$100 and $500 worth.
Class 3, market gardeners who
sell $500 worth and over.
Class 4, tenant farmers only.
First, second, third, and fourth
prizes of $100, $75, $50 and $25 will
be awarded in classes one and two;
$100, $50 and $25 in class three;
$50, $25, and $10 in class four; and
smaller prizes of cash, seed or supj
plies in each class.
Tenants will be allowed to com
pete in all classes, but tenants
winning first or second prize in
one of the first three classes will
automatically become ineligible
for the tenant prizes. The ten
ant prizes will then be awarded
to the next highest tenant com
petitor. .
Entries in the contest ihay be
made now by communicating with
the county farm agents or by
writing to A. E. Schilletter, Exten
sion Horticulturist, Clemson Col
lege, S. C.
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Agents Held 5285
Demonstrations 1929
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 27.—
Conducting demonstrations and
aiding farmers in selling their
produce and in buying farm neces
sities were important activities in
1929 according to county farm
agents’ annual reports, says D. W.
Watkins, assistant director of the
Extension Service. Over $600,000
worth of live poultry was shipped
from the state and shipments of
“demonstration fed” hogs reached
larger proportions than ever before
and began to assume prominence
in some counties. Much of the
marketing work, especially with
fruits and vegetables, consisted of
showing how to grade, pack and
load in order to put preferred pro
ducts on the c'ompetitive market.
Over 800 farm people assisted
voluntarily in promoting the pro
gram for country life improvement
and 250 boys’ clubs and farmers’
organizations worked with exten
sion agents.
Agents made 36.012 farm visits,
received 68,402 office calls and 41,-
472 telephone calls in reference to
extension work. Newspapers aid
ed greatly in carrying news mater
ial relating to farm life improve
ment and demonstrations of bet
ter methods. Each agent wrote
over 100 letters and mailed 75
bulletins per month in response
to demands for information. They
assisted with exhibits at 71 com
munity and county fairs and ar
ranged and supervised 36 boys’
club encampments, besides holding
4380 meetings of other types as
short courses, tours, field meetings,
etc., with an attendance of about
125,000 people.
Some of the outstanding dem
onstrations were cotton 977, corn
383, oats 116, alfalfa 198, soybeans
197, clovers 198, cowpeas 124, vel
vet beans 137, peanuts 428, lesped-
eza 292, pastures and forage crops
280, sweet potatoes 198, fruits 208,
home gardens 164, dairying 155,
hogs 426, Sheep 47, poultry 348,
and beekeeping 191.
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fenders, wheels — every point of design reflects the new style
and beauty that have been placed within the means of everyone.
All of the new Ford cars are finished in a variety of colors.
' The introductioii of the new Ford bodies has set a high standard of motor car value.
From the new deep radiator to the tip of the curving rear fender, there is an unbroken sweep of line—a
flowing grace of contour gaining added charm from the rich and attractive colors. « « « «
You will take a real pride in the smart style and fresh new beauty of the Ford just as you will find
an ever-growing satisfaction in its safety, comfort, speed, acceleration, ease of control, reliability and
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New beauty has been added to outstanding performance. «««««««
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strip, hub caps, foil lamp and other exposed metal parts. This steel will not rust, corrode or tarnish and will
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evidence of the enduring quality that has been built into the new Ford. « « « « *
Roadster, $435 , Phaeton, $440 Coupe, $500 TuJor Sedan, $500 Sport Coope, $530
Two-window Fordor Sedan, $600 Three-window Fordor Sedan, $625 Convertible Cabriolet, $645 Town Sedan, $670
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Page Number Two
The Dead On The
Railroad Crossing
(From an article by Judge Walt
er B. Jones in the Montgomery,
Ala., Advertiser.)
If individuals, and organizations
and associations which should be
interested in the matter, would de
vote one-tenth as much time and
thought to the prevention of auto
mobile accidents at railroad cross
ings as the railroad companies of
the country devote, there would
be fewer fatalities and injuries,
and less work for the undertakers,
judges and juries to do.
Every day during the year 1923
seven people died at a railroad
crossing and eighteen people re
ceived painful injuries which put
them on sufferers’ beds in hos
pitals and took them from their
work and usual pleasures for
months and weeks.
During the year 1928, 2,563 peo
ple died on railroad crossings and
nearly seven thousand received in
juries. In the past twenty years
accidents at railroad crossings,
where death was involved, have
increased 183 per cent. And you
will hardly believe it, but it is so,
21 per cent of the automobile ac
cidents at railroad crossings were
due to the fact that automobiles
ran into the sides of trains!
One of the worst features of
crossing accidents is the fact that
every year people who had nothing
to. do with the automobile driving
on the track, namely, railroad pas
sengers and railroad employes, and
sometimes just bystanders, v/ere
killed or maimed. And most of
these accidents occur because, as
everybody knows, the automobile
driver thinks he can “beat the
train” across the track.
The recent decisions of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court are not
very comforting to the heirs and
relatives of a man or woman who
drives up on a railroad track, and
who is killed by the train. In the
Goodman Case, decided in October
1927, the Supreme Court practical
ly said that a fellow who drives up
on a railroad track at a crossing
and gets killed is a suicide and the
railroad is not liable. The court
said this:
“When a man goes upon a rail
road track he knows that he goes
to a place where he will be killed
if a train comes upon him before
he is clear of the track. He knows
that he must stop for the train,
not the train stop for him. In such
circumstances it seems to us that
if a driver can not be sure wheth
er a train is dangerously near he
must stop and get out of his ve
hicle, although often he will not
be required to do more than stop
and look. It seems to us that if he
relies upon not hearing the train
or any signal and takes no further
precaution he does so at his own
risk.”
The railroads are doing all they
can to eliminate accidents at their
crossings. They place all sorts of
signs and signals at crossings,
bells, lights, advance crossing
signs, wigwags, day and night
flasher signals, crossing gates and
the like, and their locomotives are
equipped with steam whistles and
with bells. The railroads are doing
their part. If the pedestrain and
automobile driver do just as much
as one-tenth for safety as the
railroads are doing ,then crossing
accidents will be about as scarce
as the brontosaurus of the Upper
Jurassac period is today.
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Virginia Leads Way
In 1928, the state of Virginia ap
pointed a commission to prepare a
program for the relief of agricul
ture in that state. The report of
this commission has just been
made public.
One of its chief recommenda
tions is for the extension of con
struction activiliy upon farm-to-
market roads as feeders for the
state highway system.
Practically all states are begin
ning to realize the necessity for
good roads in the farming sections
to enable the farmer to transport
his produce when market condi
tions are most favorable instead of
when the roads are passable, and
to alleviate the social isolation
vhich used to be synonymous with
living on a farm.
While main through highways
ire of course indispensable, lower
mst hard surfaced road§ reaching
ill farms (so-called farm-to-mar-
:ct reads), are equally necessary
o an efficient highway system.
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Between 10,000 and 12,000 con-
entions are hold in the United *
fetes each year, which means
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lust that many excuses for getting
away from home. -r -i