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I ? ■x- Thursday, February 6, 19?0 rORMtCK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, Soutn Ctfrtin*. Page Number McCormick High School News STAFF Editor-in-Chief Lonise Remsen Assistant Editor Welbourne Schumpert Business Manager James Blackwell Stenographer Nina Edmunds Special Editors Sport Archie Langley Socials Selma Walker Fun and Humor Mabel Lyon Clubs Ellen Bosdell Features Lucille McGrath Class Reporters Eleventh Frances Lee Cowan Tenth r __ Ruby White Ninth Louise Vaughn Eighth Elizabeth Lake Reporters Dollie Rankin, Pearl Whit6, Myrtis Dillashaw. Faculty Advisor Miss Atkinson EXCITING SNOW FIGHT TAKES PLACE AT HIGH SCHOOL! Everyone was thrilled to see the ground with its sparkling white covering on Thursday morning. Although snowballs were thrown off and on all morning it was not until recess that the real battle occurred. Then both faculty and student body turned out for a free for all fight. For ten short minutes snowballs came thick and fast, for everyone wanted to hit everyone else. Made out of snow and sleet combined, packed until hard, and thrown with all the force one could command, the snowballs were enough to make anyone “stagger” around and seek shelter. Though everyone re ceived and pitched snowballs with true spirit, the battle produced an outstanding heroine. A cer tain red-skirted figure was always seen in the thickest of the fight, giving and receiving the very hardest ones. The bell rang all too soon and everyone returned to his room wishing to see the snow soon again if it would mean engaging once more in the de lightful pastime of snowballing. L. V. At the regular Wednesday chap- ;1 program, Mr. Barfield spoke to ;he student body and faculty. cCORMICK TEAMS LAY IN ABBEVILLE. On January 29, two teams, from ie McCormick High School as- sted by players from the faculty id town at large motored to Ab- iville for an engagement to play ie Abbeville mill team. In spite the fierce conditions of the iowy weather and the slick roads, tey arrived on time at the Corn- unity House in Abbeville where ie games were to be played. The rls’ team was composed of the llowing: Rucia Abercrombife and athryn Brown, forwards, Mary incaster and Lucile McGrath, nters, Sara McGee and Eliza- ;th McAlister, guards. Rucia ayed with her accustomed skill id threw all of the goals for Mc- jrmick. Litle Kathryn Brown of ie eighth grade, who is playing ,r McCormick this year for the rst time, showed much skill and >eed and was valuable to her am in passing balls to Rucia. Al- tough the local team had never ‘fore played together they al- ost won and the final score was i-32 in favor of Abbeville. The game between the boys was ayed immediately after that of ie girls. Our boys played well id showed a steady fighting >irit but the Abbeville team de- ated them with a score of 50-15. Lie boys had the following line i: Garvice Taylor and “Peanut” mnings, forwards, Klugh Connor, inter, Joe Sibert and O’Neal trom, guards. Emory Bentley ayed guard in the second half. Sheriff Strom, J. B. MeCrory and iss Bonita Atkinson accompanied ie teams. Supt. and Mrs. Lake and chil- ren left McCormick Wednesday >r Newberry to be with Mr. Lake’s ither who was critically ill. Mr. ake and his family have the eartfelt sympathy of the student ody of McCormick High. PIG’S PEN (By Mabel Lyon) Miss White: “What’s the dif- irence between the North and outh pole.” William Patterson: “All the dif- ;rence in the world.” CHOICE FRESH FOODS AT ECONOMY PRICES We are headquarters for wholesome foods— priced at substantial savings. We offer you a most complete stock of nationally advertised brands of groceries and fresh fruits, and vegetables, too. You can get just what you want here every time with no waiting or questioning about price or qual ity. Our quality is always the best for the least money. USE OUR DELIVERY SERVICE Just phone us and we will bring your order to your door. You don’t have to brave the elements or make a long walk, trudging a basket of groceries when you are tired or don’t have the time. J. T. MARTIN Main Street McCormick, S. C. Cream Station Paid j $9,326.98 To Farmers Butterfat Last Year miR AMBITIONS MUST BE BACKED WITH READY FUNDS During the year 1929 the McCor mick Cream Station bought from the farmers of the county 22,207 pounds butterfat, for which $9,326,- 08 was paid to the farmers in cash, i according to an announcement by Thos. W. Morgan, county agent, under whose supervision the sta tion was operated. This represents a substaintial in crease over the receipts of 1928, during which year 19,544 pounds butterfat was bought for $8,613.36, and shows the increased interest that is being taken in the produc tion of butterfat in the county. The average price paid per pound for butterfat in 1929 was 42 cents, which is lower than the average for 1928, which was 44 cents per pound. An average of 43 cents per pound has been paid for all butterfat bought since the open ing of the station in June, 1927. An average of 74 farmers brought cream to the station each week during 1929 ,as compared to an average of 67 each week during 1928. A summary of the receipts at the cream station each month is shown as follows: No matter what ambition you may foster or how well organized your plans may be you 11 find that it will take money to realize its fulfillment. Many an opportunity has been lost when the fav ored person did not have the ready funds to develop it. SAVE YOUR SURPLUS EARNINGS You can save regularly if you will start an ac count at this bank, your money drawing interest. You run no risk our bank has adequate capital and excellent experiepce behind it that make it a sound, reliable institution with which you will be proud to do business. Let us be your financial advisers. THE PEOPLES BANK McCormick, S. C. me who made you, Ryan?” Ryan Deason: “God made part of me.” Mrs. Hendrix: “Why, what do you mean by that?” Ryan Deason: “Well, he made me little and I just growed the rest myself.” awhile, .Miss Johnson arose and said, “Of course there will be no faculty in heaven for there will be | no students there.” He that can not think is a fool; He that will not think is a bigot; He that dare not think is a slave Miss Ramsey: “James, can you tell me what a hypocrite is?” James Gibert: “Yes, ma’am. | It’s a boy that comes to school with a smile on his face. Advice For Co-eds 1. Keep away from track men; they are usually fast. 2. Never make dates with bi ology students; they enjoy cutting up too much. 3. The football man is ah right; he will tackle anything. 4. You can trust a tank man; he will dive in and do his best. 5. The tennis man is harmless; but he enjoys a racket. 6. Watch out for the baseball man; he hits and runs. 7. Be careful of the dramatic member; they usually have sev eral good lines. 8. Don’t play cards with a civil engineer; he is bridge specialist. 9. Always let the members of the band talk about themselves; they enjoy blowing their own horns. As I was passing by a lake in Florida I saw an Alligator swallow a small negro child, who was wad ing in the water. I ran to a near by cabin and told a negro woman that I saw an alligator down there swallow a small child. She replied dryly, “My Lawd! I’s been tell’n Mose dat somethin’s been gwine wid our chilluns.” Miss Atkinson (sternly): “This essay on ‘Our Dog’ is identically j the same as your brothers.” Milton Strom: “Yes, ma’m, but it’s the same dog.” Bill’s girl is tall and slender, My girl is short and low. Bill’s girl wears silks and satin, i Mine wears calico. 1 Bill’s girl is fast and sporty, My girl is kind and good. ■ Would I swap my girl for Bill’s? You’re mighty right I would. The McCormick High School i had gathered. The members of 1 the faculty were seated on the | platform and the students were having a lively time singing peppy songs. With great enthusiasm they joined in the song: •Tn heaven above where all is love, There will be no faculty there.” s. Hendrix: “Can you tell Alter enjoying the fun for “Daddy, you 11 Jones: “Well, here’s a dol- for you my poor man.” amp: “A dollar. Lord bless lady; if ever there was a fall- ingel, it’s you.” ■ Howard Bradley: are a lucky man.” Mr. Bradley: “Why is that?” Howard Bradley: “You won’t have to buy any new books. I’m left in the same class.” i tXi The big trouble today is that many automobile drivers believe .that the right of way belongs to the one who gets there first. >' . w Y< \ Av. No. Month Pat. Lbs. B. F. Amt. Reed Dec. ’28 63 1,509 $662.70 Jan. ’29 76 2,084 906.20 Feb. 63 1,360 620.04 March 69 1,529 656.38 April 73 1,785 706.91 May 78 2,609 • 1,090.06 June 84 1,989 800.66 July 83 2,487 976.65 Aug. 83 1,708 i. 692.10 Sep. 83 1,581 668.83 Oct. 70 1,968 866.22 Nov. 67 1,598 680.23 Total Total Average 74 22,207 $9,326.98 Following is a summary showing the receipts of butterfat and the amounts paid out each year since the station has been organized: Year Lbs. B. F. Amt. Reed 6 m’th ’27 6,575 $2,690.09 1928 19,544 9,613.36 1929 22,207 9,326.98 Totals 48,326 $20,630.43 This summary shows that the cream station has enjoyed a steady increase in patronage from the farmers of the county since the beginning of operations, and also that the station has paid out over $20,000.00 in the county for a pro duct for which there was very lit tle market before the cream sta tion was opened up. The ready sale of butterfat of fered by the cream station has proved to many farmers of the county that there is money in dairy cattle as a side-line on the farm, if they are properly cared for, and fed on home-grown ra tions. To date no farrper has dis covered a way to buy feed and make money selling cream. The price on butterfat has been slightly lower than usual for the past six months, but it is expected that the situation causing this will soon right itself, that the aver age price will remain about the same that it has for the past sev eral years. There are hundreds of farmers in McCormick county who should be getting a year ’round income from several good cows fed on home grown feeds, according to the county agent. The income is not large, but, in many cases, as it is doing at the present time, the constant income from several good cows will practically pay the run ning expenses of the average size farm family. The farmer not only makes some profit from the cream itself, but he is at the same time marketing his home grown feed for a profit through his cows. The Cream Station has been responsible for the starting of sev eral small herds of dairy cows in the county, and more will be start ed during the year 1930. Mr. Morgan states that the cream station has not only helped the cream sellers, but has also helped the producers of butter and whole milk. This has been brought about through the taking of the great surplus off the local mar kets, and making room for every one to sell some form of dairy products. - * IXI Many girls today feel that mo ther should have plenty of exer cise and leave all of the work for. her to do. Run-Down "About seven years ago, I was all run-down, worn-out and never felt good," says Mrs. Harry Cantrell, of ^ Cape Girardeau, Mo. "A chair would be more welcome any time than my work. "I was so tired when I would arise in the morning. In stead of being rest ed, I felt terrible. "At last, mother told me to take Cardui, and I did. After the first bot tle, I could teU a difference, and when I had taken five bottles the tired feeling was all gone. I felt like a different person, thanks to Cardui. I hope that other mothers will try Cardui I have been wonder fully benefited by it.” Try Cardui for your troubles. Ford Finance Effects Savi?:jr UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY REPORTS REMARKABLE GROWTH FIRST YEAR 1 Take ThedfonPs BLACK-DRAUGHT for Comtipation, In dilution, Micnaacta. Coat* oak 1 cent • dote, s-io IT PAYS TO KNOW YOUR BUSINESS Whatever you do to make a liv ing is your BUSINESS. You may call it employment, occupation, profession, trade, work or job; but regardless of what you call it, it is your BUSINESS. At the same time anything that takes money out of your pocket, or keeps you from making money in any way, also is YOUR BUSINESS, your affair, and as important to you as that which brings money in or other wise makes a gain or profit for you. The better a man knows his business the greater his profit. The more familiar a man is with those things that cut down his profits and earning power, the more pro fit he makes. You know that, and so does everyone else that stops to think about it. If your BUSINESS is making something in a factory, and some other fellow does that which may cause your pay to be cut or low ered, it is YOUR BUSINESS to see that he does not continue to do it; and that is just what you do. If you work in a store and some other employee starts some dirty work which possibly will drive trade to another store, thereby giving the boss reason to lay you off, you do not hestitate to make it YOUR BUSINESS to protect your job. That’s your BUSINESS and that is what you should do. In other words, it is YOUR BUSINESS to do everything for the good of your BUSINESS and to take a stand against everything that will hurt your BUSINESS. That’s just plain, common, everyday horse sense, and every body knows it; and in your own mind you say that any man or woman who did not agree with it would be foolish or in their dotage. I have repeatedly said that, re gardless of what your BUSINESS is, what McCormick is and what it is going to be is YOUR BUSINESS and on what McCormick is, de pends whether or not you make more money. Therefore, what goes on for or against McCormick is for or against your BUSINESS. Maybe you eannot see it that way. You may say that such talk is a lot of hot air. But if you will sit down and think about it, you will see that it is just good, com mon sense. You can’t make money unless your neighbor does; that is a law, and you can’t get away from it. Your neighbors are not just those next door to you, but those next door to them, and their neighbors as well. If they do not make money, neither will you; and if they lose, you lose too, one way or the other. Two weeks ago I said a commun ity was like a store, the citizens being the clerks. If the clerks in any store took the same attitude toward the store as some people do to their community, those clerks would be fired immediately. UnLF^e a store, and regrettably so, sometimes, you cannot fire a cit izen; but if you know your BUSI NESS you will get busy and make it YOUR BUSINESS to see to it that such people are shown the fallacy of their ways. Know McCormick, for it pays to know your BUSINESS. (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. The time sales financing opera tions of Universal Credit Com pany, which provide the AutL .,- ized Ford Finance Plans for t^e* purchasers of Ford Products w io pay for their cars out of income, has completed the first full year of business. An official of the Company irt commenting on the progress of the organization says—“Less thane two years ago this business v:as in the formative stages. During, only eighteen months of opera tion, Universal Credit Company has purchased over $500,000 time sales transactions on whicih the deferred balances totaled $2ju,- 000,000. UCC has twenty-five complete branches in operation which serve over 5,300 Ford dealers in the thir ty-five states in which we a. e now doing business. We arc en joying constant growth and the UCC Plans are rapidly becr .ning familiar to motor car prospects who recognize that the UCC Plans provide lower cost, standard in surance with courtesy and depend able service. There are several important factors that contribute to the suc cess of our operations. The pro duct we finance on a time p r f— ment basis for the public repre sents low priced and practical automotive transportation whicht today undeniably belongs N to tb*» class of necessities. The month ly instalments required in the transactions we finance are only such that can be conveniently met by the family budget of the maxx of average earning ability*- - It is our policy also > to keep our financing costs to the purchasers of Ford products in keeping the actual expense of the services rendered, plus only a reasonable banking return on investment. Our time sales contracts come frona purchasers engaged in a variety oT occupations and from widely scat tered sections of the country. Tills spread of location and occupatiort. make for factors of credit stabil ity and soundness from a hank ing standpoint. Our credit policy can be sum med up in the words “extondL g; credit at low cost to every deserv ing person.” Our ' experi rt n«& proves again that the inherent honesty and morality of the every day citizen contributes to the success of time selling, which in stitution in turn reciprocates in that it makes possible the expan sion of industry with increased opportunity and incentive for the ‘budget minded’ American to worfc: regularly and enjoy with his fam- < ily the fruit* of opportunity, thrift and healthy standards of living:. We consider the cost of credit to- be just as vital as the cost of a: y other commodity. If industry is to continue to create proi iucts. they must be consumed. To irate this consumption possible by ti-.e wage earner who helps create the product, the manufacturer makes available low cost credit where credit is due. A souud instalment plan is now one of the necessary elements of the modern busine^ distributing system and is so recognized. The viewpoint of Thomas a.. Edison is interesting. He recently said “What we call instalment buying is one of the methods by which we are preparing to talre immediate advantage of the op portunities for a higher stam .ircT of living through machine pro duction. That is a method of saving in goods instead of saving; in money. In the old days a man spent most of his life getting ready to die. He saved against a rainy day—against old age. Now, al though it is a nice thing to have* a fund to fall back on a family thinks more erf living than dying.' txt Meat studies of more than 2,03» slaughtered animals show that It is desirable to market steers of in ferior breeding while fairly young, preferably under 14 months of age. The meat of such steers fc> of better quality at this age than it will be later on, says the fed eral Bureau of Animal Industry. Cattle of good quality, however, can be grown out for a year cr and then fattened, with the as surance that the meat will be oi high quality. 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