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6 ■* Thursday, Jafcuur> 30, 1930 il (‘ORMfVK MESSENGER McGOKMtCK. SnvtkT.arotin*. Pace Nmdher ^ ^ iNt HAVE VHH A 1, I Use Of ‘Health’ On , » Food Labels Opposed OFFICIAL SAYS MANUFACTURER SHOULD NOT ,BASE CLAIMS ON HALF-BAKED, PSEUDO SCIENTIFIC IDEAS who wants a good banking connection, a place to save liis or her surplus earnings and a place to bring his financial and business problems for expert counsel? If so, we will be glad to welcome him or her here at this bank. We are always ready to he of assistance wherever possible and to the full ex tent of our ability. THIS BANK OFFERS THE UTMOST IN - SAFETY AND SERVICE It has been carefully and skillfully managed dur ing it^ entire history, keeping in step with progress but never at the hazard or expense of its clients. W e offer every modern bankng service and facility plus * utmost safety and reliability in every department. i THE PEOPIfS McCormick, S. C. Is It Wise To Begin Campaign Now? (An Editorial from The Press and Standard, Walterboro, S. C., January 3, 1930.) Announcement is made of a con certed program of organization to be launched in the South for or ganizing primarily the cotton mill operatives of this and other States. We sincerely doubt the wisdom of the attempt at this time. We also doubt if there is any demand to speak of from the section which is to be the special object of the ben eficent efforts of these paid organ izers Coming from distant states, which themselves are tom and bleeding from the effects of the kind of organizations being thrust upon us in South Carolina. It is an unwise move and being made at an inopportune time. The editor of The Press and Standard has had occasion during the last few months to visit a num ber of cotton mill sections and to see and talk to owners and opera tives of these mills. From the best we could gather from these there is no demand for unionization at this time. We found the opera tives well housed and working in the mills under sanitary conditions in comfort. They appeared to be well pleased with the work they were doing and the returns re ceived. Driving along the high ways we saw much more squalor and more numerous signs of pen ury and want among the agricul tural classes—the tenants and lab orers on the farms. In fact the mills are being worked by men from the farms who have moved to the towns and mill villages, and many acres formerly tilled by these men and women are now abandon ed farm lands. If the unions were being organ ized by the operatives themselves for peaceful purposes and with a view to improving their conditions by co-operative bargainings and better training, then we should ap plaud the movement, but when it is being forced upon us by paid organizers, whose records smell of the black jack methods of the communists and reds of the north, we see nothing but disaster follow ing. When did a strike ever settle anything? When did a strike ever bring happiness to the workers in a mill in South Carolina? Who gets money when a strike is on? Do the strikers enjoy prosperity while they are in enforced idle ness? Is it profitable for the or ganizers and agitators during a strike? Where do the dues by the members of unions go? Which make better salaries, the cotton mill operatives or the union organ izers? Which are the working men Bnd women—the cotton mill opera tives or the organizers? Just now South Carolina is fac ing an era of prosperity such as we have never seen before, is our hon est conviction. We had hoped for a period of quiet industrial indus try on the part of all our people, and we certainly do not see the necessity for the unrest and agi tation which will come from these i organizers and paid representa tives of the labor unions coming into the state from the torn and rent districts of' the north. Let them stay out till they are petit ioned to come by a respectable number of operatives. ■ TX U Your Tax Money * When legislative bodies are in session the natural question of taxes and increased taxes arises in the mind of the average citizen, and he is more interested in when the saturation point will be reach ed in tribute exaction than motor dealers and manufacturers are concerned in the stopping point of productive output, if there be such a point. The National Indus trial Conference boaLd in a recent exhaustive survey clearly points out what many knew to be a fact, and yet so many seem not to grasp it. that it is the increasing expense of local government that takes the' bulk of tax money. “In 1927 fiscal year, the one latest under survey federal expenses were $34.40 per capita, those of the states were $13.96, and those of local govern ments were $54.41—those being the averages for the whole country. Taken together they figure up $102.77, or for the average family of 4 1-2 persons, $462.46 per year,” says the report. Local government, according to standards set up in modern life here and elsewhere, requires money and lots of it. There is the incessant demand for permanent imprbvcments, good schools and 0ood roads, bigger 'and better buildings for county and municipal projects along with additions and upkeep of present physical plants, health and sanitary projects and service, and various other things deemed essential to modern life, all of which cost lots of money. So the major cost of government lies with the local people affected by high tax rates. Their indiffer ence to elections, selection of of ficials, and lack of interest in cit izenship with respec-t to expendi tures of big bond issues for pro jects or improvements, all these and other features, militate aganst economy and strict busi ness principles being applied to local government as it should be. —Spartanburg Journal. X , After everybody gets well educat ed, who is going to be left to do the world’s work? “The term ‘health giving’ is the most overworked and most loosely applied expression in advertising,” said Dr. Paul B. Dunbar, assistant chief of the Food and Drug Admin istration of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in a talk today at a joint session of the National Canners’ Association and the Na tional Wholesale Grocers’ .Associa tion in convention at Chicago. “Eliminate from the label of pre pared foods anything that smacks of health claims and base the sell ing appeal on the good character, quality, # and the honest food value of your product,” was Doctor Dun bar’s advice to manufacturers. “Did you ever stop to reflect,” he asked, “how broad the signif icance of these words really is? ‘Health,’ says the standard diction ary, ‘is the condition of soundness of any living organism; that state in which all the natural functions are performed freely without pain or disease; freedom from sickness and decay.’ Logically, therefore, a health-giving product should be capable of creating thi§ condition of health, of restoring the halt, the lame, arid the blind, of remedying every human disease from chil blains to cancer.” The public, he said, has ben led to believe that it needs something more than a regular diet of whole some food to keep healthy so for a time it turned with avidity to any preparation claiming healfcn—giv ing or curative properties. He said “One does not need to be a physi cian to realize that the American public today has an obsession on the question of health, health foods, health fads, health exercise. The public is health conscious.” The work of the Food and Drug Administration, in this connection, is to prevent the making of false claims on the labels of food prep arations which would take advant age of food buyers’ lack of under standing of 1 the science of nutri tion; curative claims on prepara tions which have merely the nor mal amount of nutritional value are taboo, he said. “We do not recognize that the manufacturer has a right to mis lead the purchaser or to base his claims on half-baked or half un derstood pseudoscientific discover ies,” he asserted. “Label represen tations regarding health-giving properties or vitamin content which are not borne out by the actual facts can only be regarded as in contravention of the law, and in this connection it must not be forgotten that no less an au thority than the Supreme Court of the United States itself has held that statements which may deceive through indirection or ambiguity are within the ban of the statute. This being so, it must be held that indirect or sweeping statements implying the presence of signifi cant amounts of all the vitamins, or of specific vitamins, are con trary to the statute, unless these reperesentations .are literally true.” Dr. Dunbar concluded with the suggestion that food manufactur ers sell their products on their honest food value and not place them on a par with patent medi cines by claiming curative proper ties for them* Spending Our Dollars Most Americans are convinced of the fact that. it is better to buy American goods than those made in foreign countries, where Ameri can made products can be obtain ed, and it is well to remember that it is equally as sound business sense to buy in one’s home town, rather than in some nearby me tropolis, when the goods can be had at home. . * For just as we want to make and keep America the most prosperous nation in the world, so we should desire to keep our home commun ity prosperous and progressive. It is the home business and pro fessional man who helps to keep the community going. He pays his share of local taxes which go to keep up schools and hospitals and to make public improvements, and every dollar spent at home' in creases business and consequently the public as well as the commer cial revenue of the city. No one ever saw a clean, pro gressive, happy community which did not have active, prosperous and healthy business institutions. It is the town with the best busi ness which has the best schools, the best hospitals and the most modern improvement. SHERIFF’S SALE TAX EXECUTION W. T. STROM, SHERIFF, against JENNIE HARRISON ADAMS. By virtue of a Tax Execution to me directed, I have levied on and will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at McCormick Court House, on Monday, the 3rd day of February, A. D., 1930, the follow ing described property to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Plum Branch School District, No. 24, in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing Ninety- six (96) Acres, more or less, bound ed on North by lands of George Adams; on the East by lands of Hamp-Seigler; and on the South and West by Scott-Ferry road. Levied on and to be sold as the property of the Jennie Harrison Adams to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. Terms—Cash. W. T. STROM, Sheriff, McCormick County. Sheriff’s Office, McCormick, C. H. S. C., Jan. 14, 1930.-3t. SHERIFF’S SALE TAX EXECUTION W. T. STROM, SHERIFF, against LOUISA TOMPKINS. By virtue of a Tax Execution to me directed, I have levied on and will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at McCormick Court House, on Monday, the 3rd day of February, A. D., 1930, the follow ing described property to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Parks- ville School District, No. 25, in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing One Lot, bounded on North and East by lands formerly owned by W. M. Robinson; on the West by lands of Mrs. Virginia Stone; and on the South by old Price Mill road. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Louisa Tompkins to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. Terms—Cash. W. T. STROM, Sheriff, McCormick County. Sheriff’s Office, McCormick, C. H. S. C., Jan. 14, 1930.-3t. SHERIFF’S SALE TAX EXECUTION W. T. STROM, SHERIFF, against ESTATE OF S. L. WILSON. By virtue of a Tax Execution to me directed, I have levied on and will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at McCormick Court House, on Monday, the 3rd day of February, A. D., 1930, the follow ing described property to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Mt. Carmel Township, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, containing Ninety-two (92) Acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of J. D. McGraw; on the East by the Old Charleston Road; South by J. Allen Smith, Jr., and West by William Wilson Es tate and known as a part of the McGraw Place. ALSO All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mt. Carmel Township, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, containing One Hundred and Ninety (190) Acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by J. Allen Smith, Jr.; on the East by J. C. Kennedy; on the South by Cabell Estate and on the West by Cabell Estate, and known as the Aiken Place. >- .ALSO All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mt. Carmel Township, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, containing Two Hundred apd Eighteen (218) Acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by Cabell Estate; on the East by Pub lic Road leading to Calhoun Es tate; on the East by Public Road leading to Calhoun Mills; on the South by Cabell Estate and on the West by Cabell Estate, and known as a part of the Grainridge Farm. The said three tracts of land described in the foregoing aggre gate Five Hundred (500) Acres, and will be sold as a whole. Levied on and to be sold as the property of the Estate of S. L. Wil son to satisfy the aforesaid Execu tion and costs. Terms—Cash. W. T. STROM, Sheriff, McCormick County. Sheriff’s Office, McCormick, C. H. S. C., Jan. 14, 1930.-3t. MASTER’S SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Court of Common Pleas. THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA, against NELIOUS SETTLES, ET AL. Pursuant to judgment of the Court and a decree of sale in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction on Salesday in Feb ruary, 1930 (the same being the 3rd day of February), in front of the Court House Door, in the city of McCormick, County and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the following described real estate, to wit: # All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and be ing in Bordeaux Township, Mc Cormick County, State of South Carolina, measuring and contain ing One Hundred and Seventy- eight (178) Acres, bounded on the North by waters of Little River, lands of Mrs. A. G. Chamberlain and J. N. Martin; East by lands of McGrath Brothers; South by lands of Berry Freeman, Ben Fortson, Thompson Land, lands of Richard Gilchrist and waters of Little Riv er, as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof, made by S. E. Rosenswike, surveyor, dat ed January 11th and 12th, 1922. The foregoing 178 acres of land being composed of Twenty-five (25) Acres, acquired from Ben Thurmond under his last will and testament and a tract of Sixty-one (61) Acres, conveyed to Nettpus Settles by L. N. Chamberlain and J. E. Britt by deed dated April 6th, 1918. As a condition precedent to the consideration of any bid, the Mas ter shall require the successful bidder to deposit with him the sum of One Hundred and Fifty $150.00) Dollars, the same to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance with the same; but should there be a failure to do so, then it shall be forfeited to the Plaintiff as liquidated damages. Terms of Sale: One-third of the accepted bid to be paid in cash and the balance on credit, payable in three equal annual instalments, with interest thereon at seven per cent per annum, and secured by a first mortgage over the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. L. G. BELL, Master. Jan. 13, 1930.-3t. Rubber Trees In Florida Are Making Good Growth Executor’s Sale By the authority given me by the will of Felix Andrews, deceased, I will sell at public auction on Sales day in February, 1930, (same being the 3rd day of February), to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House Door, in the City of McCormick, State of South Carolina, the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing Two (2) Acres, more or less,, with dwelling situated thereon, and bounded by lands of M. G. and J. J. Dorn. Purchaser to pay for papers and revenue stamps. HARRISON BERRY, Executoi;/ Mc.Cormick, S. C., January 15, 1930.-3t. The Brazilian rubber tree has made rapid growth in Florida in the last two seasons, says Dr. O. F. Cook of the United States De partment of Agriculture. Many of the young trees in the depart ment’s experimental wo"k have reached a height of 15 feet or more. They are of the same spec ies cf Hevea that is planted ex tensively in the East Indies and in other tropical countries. These trees are being grown at Chapman Field, near Miami, in the extreme southern part cf Florida. Many other rubber plants from all of the principal rubber-growing countries of the world are being tried there in a limited way. A number of these plants are now being grown in southern Florida as ornamentals. No frost injuries occurred in the winter of 1928-29, and some of the Hevea trees with slat-house protec tion continued to grow, even dur ing periods of cold weather. Doc tor Cook says this indicates that the Hevea is much more resistant to cold than has been supposed and that the development of strains sufficiently hardy to grow readily in southern Florida is pos sible. The Chapman Field, location is near the coast, but with protec tion against the sea breeze, the young Hevea trees have grown as rapidly in Florida as in Haiti or in. Panama. Experiments with rubber-produc ing plants are being carried on in California, Arizona, Florida, Cuba, Honduras, Haiti, Panama, and the Canal Zone. Tapping experiments conducted on a group cf Hevea trees in Haiti for the past four years show that yields of rubber are comparable with those report ed from similar experiments in the East Indies. Experiments conducted by the Department of Agriculture have not progressed far enough td just ify any conclusions regarding the commercial production of rubber in this country, Doctor Cook says. Several times a year, or when ever waste water begins to run away slowly from the kitchen sink or wash tubs or other plumbing, the pipe should be flushed with bojling hot water to soften the grease. Follow with a strong so lution of craustic potash (lye) or caustic soda, and half an hour lat er flush again thoroughly with clear hot boiling water. txt A magazine is , conducting a straw vote on people’s views as to how long a woman’s skirts should be. The next thing you know they will be taking a vote of this kind oh the weather man. r-tXt Bootleggers are using as their favorite receptacle the fruit jar, with the accent on the jar. Auditor’s Notice Dries Up Colds In a Few Honrs The most disagreeable and em barrassing part of a cold is that constant, nasal discharge, which you can now stop in a few houra with Aspironal, the latest and most seflentific “Liquid Cold Remedy.” Aspironal is guaranteed to stop the irritation that causes sneezing and nasal discharges; dispel the congestion and relieve grlppy, neu ralgic pains, at the same time causing a gentle and complete evacuation of the liver and bowels. All druggists carry and guarantee Aspironal, the largest selling liquid cold remedy in the world, (adv.) STROMS’ DRUG STORE Riviere.’.* Smart Jio/d their Radiant Charmr u/itA LEMON CLEANSING CREA4L cNatures * waq to bcauti) J. Butler Blackwell’s Store, Dealer, McCormick, S. C. For year ended March 15, 1929, number of foreclosures on farms was lowest since 1925, according to Department of Agriculture’s Bu reau of Agricultural Economics. I will be at the following places on the dates given, for the pur pose of taking tax returns, on all property, both real and personal for the year 1930. This applies tc owner, agents, attorney, guardian, administrator, etc. Office January 1st to 13th. • Mt. Carmel, January 14th, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Willington, January 15th, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Bordeaux, January 16th, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Plum Branch, January 17th, 1 to 3 p. m. Office, January 18th to 20th. E. L. Hollingsworth’s Store, Jan- lary 21st, 9 to 12 m. R. T. Mayson’s, January 21st, 1 to 1 p. m. . Meriwether, January 22nd, 10 to 12 m. Clarks Hill, January 22nd, 2 to 4 p. m. Modoc, January 23rd, 9 to 12 m. Parksville, January 23rd, 2 to 5 p. m. Joe J. Link’s, January 24th, 2 to 3 p. m. Office, January 25th to 27th. E. M. Morgan’s Store, January 18th, 9 to 12 m. Holley’s Store, January 28th, 2 to 1 p. m. Troy for Young School District* January 29th, 2 to 5 p. m. J. C. Talbert’s Store, January 30th, 2 to 4 p. m. Will be in the office from Jan uary 31st to February 20th. After ■hat time 10 per cent penalty will be added where no returns were made. All male citizens between the age of 21 and 60 years are liable for poll tax, all male citizens 1 between the ages of 21 and 55 years are liable for road or street tax, and must file a return. C. W. PFNNAL, , Auditor M. C., S. C.